| Title |
Do Altmetrics Work? Twitter and Ten Other Social Web Services
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2013
|
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0064841 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mike Thelwall, Stefanie Haustein, Vincent Larivière, Cassidy R. Sugimoto |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 232 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 43 | 19% |
| United States | 34 | 15% |
| Australia | 10 | 4% |
| Canada | 9 | 4% |
| Germany | 7 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 6 | 3% |
| India | 6 | 3% |
| France | 5 | 2% |
| Spain | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 40 | 17% |
| Unknown | 68 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 147 | 63% |
| Scientists | 42 | 18% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 30 | 13% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 13 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 1,033 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 31 | 3% |
| Spain | 24 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 23 | 2% |
| Germany | 9 | <1% |
| South Africa | 9 | <1% |
| Canada | 7 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 6 | <1% |
| Japan | 4 | <1% |
| Croatia | 4 | <1% |
| Other | 60 | 6% |
| Unknown | 856 | 83% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Librarian | 205 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 133 | 13% |
| Researcher | 129 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 116 | 11% |
| Other | 69 | 7% |
| Other | 258 | 25% |
| Unknown | 123 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 280 | 27% |
| Computer Science | 197 | 19% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 91 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 61 | 6% |
| Arts and Humanities | 57 | 6% |
| Other | 187 | 18% |
| Unknown | 160 | 15% |