| Title |
The Use of Twitter to Track Levels of Disease Activity and Public Concern in the U.S. during the Influenza A H1N1 Pandemic
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0019467 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Alessio Signorini, Alberto Maria Segre, Philip M. Polgreen |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 59 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 States | 14 | 24% |
| Spain | 5 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 7% |
| Kenya | 2 | 3% |
| Mexico | 2 | 3% |
| Australia | 2 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 25 | 42% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 44 | 75% |
| Scientists | 10 | 17% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 5% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 905 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | <1% |
| Spain | 7 | <1% |
| Portugal | 5 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 4 | <1% |
| Canada | 4 | <1% |
| Germany | 3 | <1% |
| Australia | 3 | <1% |
| France | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 18 | 2% |
| Unknown | 825 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 192 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 148 | 16% |
| Researcher | 130 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 63 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 46 | 5% |
| Other | 184 | 20% |
| Unknown | 142 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 228 | 25% |
| Social Sciences | 100 | 11% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 96 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 51 | 6% |
| Engineering | 44 | 5% |
| Other | 199 | 22% |
| Unknown | 187 | 21% |