Twitter can help with scientific dissemination but its influence on citation impact is less clear

Ortega, José Luis (2017) Twitter can help with scientific dissemination but its influence on citation impact is less clear. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (11 Jan 2017). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Researchers have long been encouraged to use Twitter. But does researchers’ presence on Twitter influence citations to their papers? José Luis Ortega explored to what extent the participation of scholars on Twitter can influence the tweeting of their articles and found that although the relationship between tweets and citations is poor, actively participating on Twitter is a powerful way of promoting and disseminating academic outputs, potentially indirectly influencing the scholarly impact and improving prospects of increased citations.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences
Additional Information:	© 2017 The Author(s) CC BY 3.0
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Date Deposited:	22 Mar 2017 11:02
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 03:54
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/70163

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