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Front. Oncol.
Sec. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention
Volume 15 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1481406
This article is part of the Research Topic Advancing Collaborative Efforts in Cancer Research: A Convening of North-Eastern Nigeria Universities and International Health Systems on Etiology, Care, and Outcomes View all 6 articles

The top 100 papers on prostate cancer associated exosome in social media: An altmetric study from the MENA Region

Provisionally accepted
Nasim Ansari Nasim Ansari 1Faezeh Zaeri Basir Faezeh Zaeri Basir 2Mina Mahami-Oskouei Mina Mahami-Oskouei 1Roya Rashti Roya Rashti 2Ali Ouchi Ali Ouchi 1*
  • 1 Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  • 2 Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Hamadan, Iran

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    Purpose: This altmetric analysis aimed to identify and describe the top 100 papers on prostate cancer associated exosome in MENA region attended in social media.Design/methodology/approach: As an applied study with an altmetric approach, this research included all SCI-Expanded indexed papers on prostate cancer associated exosome in MENA region during 1970-2023. Altmetric Attention Scores (AASs) were extracted from Altmetric Explorer and Excel and SPSS were used for data analysis.Finding: Twitter ranked first with mentioning 73.55 of the top 100 studied papers. The highest score of mentions in Twitter equaled 187 and that of AAS was 516 belonged to an original research article. However, the top paper in citation counts was a guideline (AAS=116; citation count=5664). The Journal of Urology published most papers (n=21), with total AAS= 1094. Most papers were international collaborations (n=82). There was no significant relationship between AASs of papers and that of WoS citation counts (R 2 =0.1284, P-value=0.2054).Practical implications: Showing a broad perspective on the research priorities and new directions in prostate cancer associated exosome, this study can be a guideline of finding main papers on diagnosing, treating and preventing prostate cancers. It helps researchers, professionals and policy-makers in developing the use of social media in disseminating related information.Originality: By providing helpful information on prostate cancer associated exosome, this study can inform researchers and administrators of the state of research on the topic and consequent health promotion among the public.

    Keywords: prostate cancer, exosome, Social Media, Altmetric Study, MENA region

    Received: 15 Aug 2024; Accepted: 31 Jan 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Ansari, Zaeri Basir, Mahami-Oskouei, Rashti and Ouchi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Ali Ouchi, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 14496, Tehran, Iran

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