Scientists Popularizing Science: Characteristics and Impact of TED Talk Presenters

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Sugimoto, Cassidy R ^a   Thelwall, Mike ^b   Larivière, Vincent ^c,d   Tsou, Andrew ^a   Mongeon, Philippe ^c   Macaluso, Benoit ^c,d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CITATION ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PREDICTION; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PROCESS DESIGN; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES; WEB BROWSER; ACCREDITATION; EDUCATION; INTERNET; PERSONNEL; SCIENCE; VIDEORECORDING;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CREDENTIALING; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SCIENCE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84876983348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062403     Document Type: Article

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