The emerging use of Twitter by urological journals

BJU International

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 486-490

  Nason, Gregory J ^a   O'Kelly, Fardod ^b   Kelly, Michael E ^a   Phelan, Nigel ^a   Manecksha, Rustom P ^b,c   Lawrentschuk, Nathan ^d,e,f   Murphy, Declan G ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

analysis; Klout score; social media; Twitter; urology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SOCIAL MEDIA; UROLOGY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLICATION; UTILIZATION;

HUMANS; INTERNET; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SOCIAL MEDIA; UROLOGY;

EID: 84922902130     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.12840     Document Type: Article

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