MANUSCRIPT: Mapping physician Twitter networks: describing how they work as a first step in understanding connectivity, information flow, and message diffusion.
BACKGROUND:
Twitter is becoming an important tool in medicine, but there is little information on Twitter metrics. In order to recommend best practices for information dissemination and diffusion, it is important to first study and analyze the networks.
OBJECTIVE:
This study describes the characteristics of four medical networks, analyzes their theoretical dissemination potential,
