Physician-scientists or celebrities?Kardashian-index of gastroenterologists

作     者：Onyinye Ugonabo Saad Ullah Malik Usman Ali Akbar Zarlakhta Zamani Wesam Frandah 

作者机构：Department of Internal MedicineMarshall University Joan C.Edwards School of MedicineHuntingtonWV 25701United States Department of CardiologyGeisinger Medical CenterDanvillePA 17821United States Department of Internal MedicineWest Virginia University-Camden Clark Medical CenterParkersburgWV 26101United States Department of Internal MedicineCentinela Hospital Medical CenterInglewoodCA 90301United States Department of GastroenterologyMarshall University Joan C.Edwards School of MedicineHuntingtonWV 25701United States 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Methodology》 (世界方法学杂志)

年 卷 期：2023年第13卷第4期

页      面：337-344页

学科分类：12[管理学] 1201[管理学-管理科学与工程(可授管理学、工学学位)] 

主　　题：Kardashian index Gastroenterology Twitter Kardashian index of gastroenterology Physician-scientists Social media Physician celebrities 

摘      要：BACKGROUND The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic unleashed a flood of untrustworthy information on social media platforms,resulting in the unfortunate consequence of expert scientists opinions getting lost amidst the chaotic sea of *** question of how much influence these esteemed scientists hold on social media platforms remains *** address this scientific quandary,we sought to explore the concept of the Kardashian index(K-index),a term introduced by Hall in *** metric provides a rudimentary means of evaluating whether a physician scientist s popularity on social media aligns with their significant scientific *** To evaluate if a Gastroenterologist physician s popularity on social media is at par with their scientific contributions(research articles and publications).METHODS We conducted an extensive search to identify all gastroenterologists actively practicing and associated with the top 100 hospitals as reported by the United States *** collected specific data on a sub-group including their names,affiliations,degrees,and *** gauge their social media popularity,we utilized the K-index calculation which is determined by dividing the actual number of Twitter followers by the number of researcher’s *** expected number of followers(F)is calculated using the formula F=43.3 C^0.32,where C represents the number of *** Physicians affiliated with the Mayo Clinic emerged as the most prominent presence on Twitter,constituting 16%of the *** were followed closely by physicians from Mount Sinai Hospital(9%)and the University of Michigan Hospital(9%).Surprisingly,76%of the physicians evaluated exhibited a low K-index,falling within the range of 0 to less than *** suggests that a significant number of highly influential physician-scientists are not receiving due recognition,as indicated by their relatively low number of *** the other hand,24%of the physicians had an inflat