January 18, 2022 1 min read Source/Disclosures Published by: Source: Garg SJ. Twitter use by ophthalmology journals and impact on citations. Presented at: Retina 2022; Jan. 15-21, 2022; Waikoloa, Hawaii. Disclosures: Garg reports no relevant financial disclosures. ADD TOPIC TO EMAIL ALERTS Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Twitter could potentially affect how journal articles are viewed, read and shared among academic professionals, an expert said at Retina 2022. According to Sunir J. Garg, MD, FACS, co-director of retina research at Wills Eye Hospital, there are nearly 400 million users on Twitter, with about half of them active daily. Sunir J. Garg Garg’s discussion focused on journal articles shared on Twitter and how they make an impact on audiences, news outlets and those who benefit from public data. To calculate this impact factor, Garg said data from the past 2 years are used to calculate the impact for the current year. For example, for 2020, the number…
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