Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41680689›Full record

ArticleBMC public health2026

Current status of public education on endocrine and metabolic diseases carried out by academic journals' WeChat official accounts: a retrospective study.

Yang Liu, Yucheng Dong, Na Li, Na Zhao, Yizhen Wei, Hongbo Yang

Erratum issuedAbstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in BMC public health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yang LiuEditorial Office of Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, 1 Shuaifuyuan, Wangfujing, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
Yucheng DongChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Na LiEditorial Office of Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, 1 Shuaifuyuan, Wangfujing, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
Na ZhaoEditorial Office of Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, 1 Shuaifuyuan, Wangfujing, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
Yizhen WeiDepartment of Education, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, 1 Shuaifuyuan, Wangfujing, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China. weiyizhen26@pumch.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4099-3054
Hongbo YangKey Laboratory of Endocrinology of National Health Commission, Department of Endocrinology, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, 1 Shuaifuyuan, Wangfujing, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China. yanghb@pumch.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2985-8265

Funding

Peking Union Medical College 2025 Central University Education and Teaching Reform Special Fund 2025bkjg016Peking Union Medical College Hospital Talent Cultivation Program(category C) UBJ10262
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo investigate the current status of public education on endocrine and metabolic diseases through WeChat official accounts (WOAs) of academic medical journals in China and to identify the factors that influence user engagement.

methodsA retrospective study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of WOAs from both general medical journals (GMJs) and endocrinology medical journals (EMJs) listed in the Chinese Science Citation Database. After characterising the main features of the articles, we used generalized linear models to identify factors associated with the number of readings and likes of the articles. .

resultsThe study identified 16 WOAs of medical journals, consisting of 12 GMJs and 4 EMJs. From 2021 to 2023, these WOAs published a total of 1,033 articles on endocrine and metabolic diseases. The most popular topics were diabetes (680/1033, 65.8%), osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease (168/1033, 16.2%), and thyroid disease (62/1033, 6.0%). Multivariable regression analysis revealed that in GMJs, longer articles and those categorized as guideline/interpretation and expert consensus positively predicted both reading and liking counts. In EMJs, longer articles and guideline/interpretation and expert consensus categories were associated with increased reading counts, while guideline/interpretation and expert consensus articles also positively predicted liking counts.

conclusionAlthough articles on endocrine and metabolic diseases achieve relatively high engagement on WOAs of academic medical journals in China, the overall reads and like counts remain low. Further optimization of promotion strategies, especially for incorporating multimedia content, is needed to significantly enhance user engagement.

Indexed as

Endocrine System DiseasesMetabolic DiseasesPeriodicals as TopicChinaHumansRetrospective StudiesEndocrine and metabolic diseasesMedical academic journalsOfficial accountWeChat

Identifiers

PMID41680689
PMCPMC12997991

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.