Can Tweets Predict Citations? Metrics of Social Impact Based on Twitter and Correlation with Traditional Metrics of Scientific Impact
BackgroundCitations in peer-reviewed articles and the impact factor are generally accepted measures of scientific impact. Web 2.0 tools such as Twitter, blogs or social bookmarking tools provide the possibility to construct innovative article-level or journal-level metrics to...
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| Language: | English |
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JMIR Publications
2011-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Medical Internet Research |
| Online Access: | http://www.jmir.org/2011/4/e123/ |