If I tweet will you cite? The effect of social media exposure of articles on downloads and citations
Volume: 61, Issue: 4, Pages: 513 - 520
Published: May 1, 2016
Abstract
We sought to investigate whether exposing scientific papers to social media (SM) has an effect on article downloads and citations. We randomized all International Journal of Public Health (IJPH) original articles published between December 2012 and December 2014 to SM exposure (blog post, Twitter and Facebook) or no exposure at three different time points after first online publication. 130 papers (SM exposure = 65, control = 65) were...
Paper Details
Title
If I tweet will you cite? The effect of social media exposure of articles on downloads and citations
Published Date
May 1, 2016
Volume
61
Issue
4
Pages
513 - 520
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