How and why scholars cite on Twitter

Jason Priem; Kaitlin Light Costello

doi:10.1002/meet.14504701201

How and why scholars cite on Twitter

Jason Priem, Kaitlin Light Costello

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Abstract

Scholars are increasingly using the microblogging service Twitter as a communication platform. Since citing is a central practice of scholarly communication, we investigated whether and how scholars cite on Twitter. We conducted interviews and harvested 46,515 tweets from a sample of 28 scholars and found that they do cite on Twitter, though often indirectly. Twitter citations are part of a fast-moving conversation that participants believe reflects scholarly impact. Twitter citation metrics could augment traditional citation analysis, supporting a "scientometrics 2.0.".

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting
Volume	47
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/meet.14504701201
State	Published - Nov 2010
Externally published	Yes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Information Systems
Library and Information Sciences

Keywords

Bibliometrics
Citation
Scholarly communication
Social media
Twitter

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