Highly tweeted articles with Finnish affiliation : Who are sharing them and what types of articles are shared the most?
Dutta, Anik (2019)
Dutta, Anik
Åbo Akademi
2019
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2019042613353
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2019042613353
Tiivistelmä
At present, growing numbers of researchers are interacting with different social media
tools such as Twitter, Facebook, and Mendeley for their professional communication.
Nowadays, social media platforms such as Twitter have become an essential part of
scholarly communication. Scholars are using Twitter not only as a means of
communication but also as a platform for disseminating research information. Alternative
metrics (known as Altmetrics) refers to online metrics that may measure the societal
impact of research. Bibliometrics and peer review are considered as a standard method
for measuring the scientific impact whereas altmetrics may be used to measure other
forms of impact. By using social media data, altmetrics measures the impact or visibility
of research on social media. In this study, the author investigates who shared scientific
articles with at least one Finnish author affiliation and that had high altmetrics counts on
Twitter. The types of articles and the profile description of the tweeters are also examined
in this study. Moreover, the citation number of these shared academic articles is studied.
The author of this study also investigated whether the highly tweeted articles also are
highly cited. For the data analysis, mixed research methods, combining quantitative
research and qualitative study, are used; quantitative analysis based on Co-Word analysis,
Spearman Correlation analysis and content analysis of the user profile description is
preformed. The results of the study show the occupational expertise, gender of the users
who are sharing academic articles on Twitter, and what types of articles with Finnish
affiliation are shared on Twitter. From this study we can see that scientific articles, with
at least one Finnish author, are often shared by men and organizations, and the individuals
are often working in academia. Moreover, this study found out that highly tweeted
articles are not always highly cited scientific articles.
Date 18th April,2019 Number of Pages:70
tools such as Twitter, Facebook, and Mendeley for their professional communication.
Nowadays, social media platforms such as Twitter have become an essential part of
scholarly communication. Scholars are using Twitter not only as a means of
communication but also as a platform for disseminating research information. Alternative
metrics (known as Altmetrics) refers to online metrics that may measure the societal
impact of research. Bibliometrics and peer review are considered as a standard method
for measuring the scientific impact whereas altmetrics may be used to measure other
forms of impact. By using social media data, altmetrics measures the impact or visibility
of research on social media. In this study, the author investigates who shared scientific
articles with at least one Finnish author affiliation and that had high altmetrics counts on
Twitter. The types of articles and the profile description of the tweeters are also examined
in this study. Moreover, the citation number of these shared academic articles is studied.
The author of this study also investigated whether the highly tweeted articles also are
highly cited. For the data analysis, mixed research methods, combining quantitative
research and qualitative study, are used; quantitative analysis based on Co-Word analysis,
Spearman Correlation analysis and content analysis of the user profile description is
preformed. The results of the study show the occupational expertise, gender of the users
who are sharing academic articles on Twitter, and what types of articles with Finnish
affiliation are shared on Twitter. From this study we can see that scientific articles, with
at least one Finnish author, are often shared by men and organizations, and the individuals
are often working in academia. Moreover, this study found out that highly tweeted
articles are not always highly cited scientific articles.
Date 18th April,2019 Number of Pages:70