Does social media promotion influence citation counts? A long-term follow-up to a randomised trial in a general neurosurgical journal.

Schmidt AQ, Theiler S, Fariña Nuñez MT, El-Hajj VG, Vieli M, Battilana B, Alamri A, Rabiei K, Lippa L, Karekezi C, Kolias A, Serra C, Regli L, Mathiesen T, Staartjes VE

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DOI: 10.1007/s10143-025-03904-4
Published: 2025 Nov 5
Container: Neurosurgical review
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@article{allodium:10.1007/s10143-025-03904-4,
  title = {Does social media promotion influence citation counts? A long-term follow-up to a randomised trial in a general neurosurgical journal.},
  author = {Schmidt AQ and Theiler S and Fariña Nuñez MT and El-Hajj VG and Vieli M and Battilana B and Alamri A and Rabiei K and Lippa L and Karekezi C and Kolias A and Serra C and Regli L and Mathiesen T and Staartjes VE},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Neurosurgical review},
  doi = {10.1007/s10143-025-03904-4},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-025-03904-4}
}

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AU  - Schmidt AQ
AU  - Theiler S
AU  - Fariña Nuñez MT
AU  - El-Hajj VG
AU  - Vieli M
AU  - Battilana B
AU  - Alamri A
AU  - Rabiei K
AU  - Lippa L
AU  - Karekezi C
AU  - Kolias A
AU  - Serra C
AU  - Regli L
AU  - Mathiesen T
AU  - Staartjes VE
PY  - 2025
JO  - Neurosurgical review
DO  - 10.1007/s10143-025-03904-4
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AQ, S., S, T., MT, F. N., VG, E., M, V., B, B., A, A., K, R., L, L., C, K., A, K., C, S., L, R., T, M., & VE, S. (2025). Does social media promotion influence citation counts? A long-term follow-up to a randomised trial in a general neurosurgical journal.. Neurosurgical review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-025-03904-4

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