- Altmetric scores showed a positive correlation between the number of citations in both the Twitter and control groups

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- Tweeted papers had a median citation count of 2 vs. 1 in control; median Altmetric score was 24 in Twitter group vs. 4 in control; median users tweeting was 41 in the Twitter group and only 5 in the control group 
- Using Twitter to promote publications increased the overall number of citations

Twitter promotion predicts citation rates of cardiovascular articles: a preliminary analysis from the ESC Journals Randomized Study findings

Ladeiras-Lopes, R., Clarke, S., Vidal-Perez, R., Alexander, M., & Lüscher, T. F. (2020). Twitter promotion predicts citation rates of cardiovascular articles: a preliminary analysis from the ESC Journals Randomized Study. European heart journal, 41(34), 3222-3225. https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/41/34/3222/5822563?login=true 

Twitter promotion predicts citation rates of cardiovascular articles: a preliminary analysis from the ESC Journals Randomized Study

- The number of Twitter users tweeting about these publications led to more citations in both the Twitter and control groups 

Twitter promotion predicts citation rates of cardiovascular articles: a preliminary analysis from the ESC Journals Randomized Study findings - Twitter user correlation

Twitter promotion predicts citation rates of cardiovascular articles: a preliminary analysis from the ESC Journals Randomized Study findings - Altmetric score correlation

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