Social Media Accelerates Science
Social Media Accelerates Science
How researchers are taking advantage of Twitter and other forums to do, share, and discuss research
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Top 10 YouTube Science Channels to Enlighten and Entertain
A collectionof YouTube’s most popular and emerging science channels.
How Academics Can Use Twitter Most Effectively
A guide on how to make Twitter work for academic purposes.
How Are Scientists Using it?
The paper shows how scientists in a variety of disciplines use social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or blogs, to exchange scientific knowledge.
How has social media enhanced your research?
Authorea, The Winnower, and Reddit are teaming up to explore the role of social media in research and discovery. We want to hear from you, in essay form!
A Systematic Identification and Analysis of Scientists on Twitter
Metrics derived from Twitter and other social media are increasingly used to estimate the broader social impacts of scholarship. Such efforts, however, may produce highly misleading results, as the entities that participate in conversations about science on these platforms are largely unknown.
The A to Z of social media for academia
Your definitive guide to using social media as an academic
Yes, Serious Academics Should Absolutely Use Social Media
Like the phone, typewriter, or parchment and ink, social media is a tool for communicating with our fellow humans. It’s the best we’ve ever had, in fact.
I’m a non-serious academic. I make no apologies for this
Dean Burnett: Some scientists argue that social media use is pointless. This scientist disagrees.
I'm a serious academic, not a professional Instagrammer
We should not have to parade ourselves on social media to please our employers or be considered enthusiastic
Blogs and Twitter in informal peer review: the #arseniclife controversy
Blogs and Twitter in informal peer review: the #arseniclife controversy
Using the “#arseniclife” controversy as a case study, we examine the roles of blogs and Twitter in post-publication review.
Opening up scientific publishing for the Flickr generation
Figshare has brought science publishing into the digital age so that academics can publish and share their research fully
Self-presentation in scholarly profiles
Characteristics of images and perceptions of professionalism and attractiveness on academic social networking sites
Do academic social networks share academics’ interests?
David Matthews examines the approach of ResearchGate, Academia.edu and Mendeley to profit, user data and open access publishing
Virtual Networks, Open Science and Digital Revolutions
Interview with Ijad Madisch, co-founder and CEO of the world’s largest online network for scientists
Twitter creates ‘new academic hierarchies’, suggests study
US analysis questions link between Twitter success and scholarly merit, raising doubts about the use of social media data in altmetrics.
To tweet or not to tweet?
Not only are scientific articles that have strong coverage in social media likely to be cited more in the future, social media is also the tool that allows us to communicate directly with the general public.
A network boost
How scientists can use Twitter to expand their social contacts and find jobs.
When research goes viral
The PLOS Pathogens team reflects on their most widely shared article and the benefits and pitfalls of sharing science research on social media.
Research blogs and the discussion of scholarly information
The research blog has become a popular mechanism for the quick discussion of scholarly information. However, the characteristics of this form of scientific discourse are not well understood, for example in terms of the spread of blogger levels of education, gender and institutional affiliations.
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