%0 Journal Article %1 priem2010scholars %A Priem, Jason %A Costello, Kaitlin Light %D 2010 %I Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company %J Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology %K analysis cite scholar twitter %N 1 %P 1--4 %R 10.1002/meet.14504701201 %T How and why scholars cite on Twitter %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/meet.14504701201 %V 47 %X 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.”

@article{priem2010scholars, 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.”}, added-at = {2013-01-24T11:41:48.000+0100}, author = {Priem, Jason and Costello, Kaitlin Light}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2d952b5593745a4dcd1624e17ed22aa0b/nosebrain}, doi = {10.1002/meet.14504701201}, interhash = {9ee7b52d70b931a4ade1dbced8190afc}, intrahash = {d952b5593745a4dcd1624e17ed22aa0b}, issn = {1550-8390}, journal = {Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology}, keywords = {analysis cite scholar twitter}, number = 1, pages = {1--4}, publisher = {Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company}, timestamp = {2013-01-24T11:42:47.000+0100}, title = {How and why scholars cite on Twitter}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/meet.14504701201}, volume = 47, year = 2010 }