Intern Med J . Mapping the dissemination of scientific literature during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Intern Med J


. 2025 Oct;55(10):1762-1765.
doi: 10.1111/imj.70151. Epub 2025 Aug 21. Mapping the dissemination of scientific literature during the COVID-19 pandemic

Jack Bradbury ¹ , Francis Ha ¹ , Joanne So ² , Patrick Charles ^{3 4} , Zachary Spencer ⁵ , Anoop Koshy ^{1 6} , Omar Farouque ^{1 7} , Elif Ekinci ^{7 8 9 10} , Nigel Sutherland ^{11 12} , Han Lim ^{1 7}



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• PMID: 41076619
• DOI: 10.1111/imj.70151

Abstract

The use of social media continues to introduce novel means for the communication of scientific knowledge. We assessed the change in social media use between pandemics regarding total shares, rates of dissemination and rates of global uptake of articles communicating the spread of diseases between epicentres. We found a substantial temporal increase in the use of social media for this purpose, as well as large global discrepancies in circulation, highlighting the role social media has in the communication of scientific knowledge globally and the importance of journals adopting social media policies.

Keywords: COVID‐19; disaster planning; journal metrics; scientific communication; social media.