How twitter literacy can benefit conservation scientists

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 299-301

  Parsons, E C M ^a   Shiffman, D S ^b   Darling, E S ^c   Spillman, N ^d   Wright, A J ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Society for Conservation Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84896319115     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12226     Document Type: Editorial

References (5)

1. Darling, E. S., D. Shiffman, I. M. Côté, and J. Drew 2013. The role of Twitter in the life cycle of a scientific publication. Ideas in Ecology and Evolution 6:32-43.
2. Eysenbach, G. 2011. Can tweets predict citations? Metrics of social impact based on Twitter and correlation with traditional metrics of scientific impact. Journal of Medical Internet Research 13:e123. DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2012.
3. Parsons, E. C. M. 2013. So you want to be a Jedi? Advice for conservation researchers wanting to advocate for their findings. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 3:340-342.
4. Shiffman, D. S. 2012. Twitter as a tool for conservation education and outreach: what scientific conferences can do to promote live-tweeting. Journal of Environmental Studies & Sciences 2:257-262.
5. Shuai, X., A. Pepe, and J. Bollen 2012. How the scientific community reacts to newly submitted preprints: article downloads, Twitter mentions, and citations. PloS ONE 7:e47523. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047523.