Who posts scientific tweets? An investigation into the productivity, locations, and identities of scientific tweeters
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Highlights：
• The skewness of scientific tweets distribution by tweeter increases over time and becomes steady.
• Scientific tweeters are globally distributed but in a different pattern with general Twitter users.
• Percentage of bot accounts among scientific tweeters is much lower than that among general Twitter users.
• Most scientific tweeters use Twitter for professional purpose.
• 49% of scientific tweeters are researchers among which university faculty is the major type.
摘要
•The skewness of scientific tweets distribution by tweeter increases over time and becomes steady.•Scientific tweeters are globally distributed but in a different pattern with general Twitter users.•Percentage of bot accounts among scientific tweeters is much lower than that among general Twitter users.•Most scientific tweeters use Twitter for professional purpose.•49% of scientific tweeters are researchers among which university faculty is the major type.
论文关键词：Altmetrics,Twitter,Scholarly communication,Scientific tweeters,Geographic distribution
论文评审过程：Received 1 August 2018, Revised 1 August 2019, Accepted 1 August 2019, Available online 12 August 2019, Version of Record 12 August 2019.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2019.08.001
