The visual abstract: A social media fad or the future of dissemination

AbstractThis editorial discusses the emergence of visual abstracts within journals to disseminate findings. Published alongside Aggarwal's retrospective study reporting that visual abstracts do not increase impact scores more than conventional abstracts of clinical research, it is suggested that visual abstracts may have a greater impact for smaller, specialty journals.
Source: Health Information and Libraries Journal - Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Tags: EDITORIAL Source Type: research