Allegation of scientific misconduct increases Twitter attention

Lutz Bornmann () and Robin Haunschild ()
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Robin Haunschild: Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research

Scientometrics, 2018, vol. 115, issue 2, No 24, 1097-1100

Abstract: Abstract The web-based microblogging platform Twitter is a very popular altmetrics source for measuring the broader impact of science. In this case study, we demonstrate how problematic the use of Twitter data for research evaluation can be, even though the aspiration of measurement is degraded from impact to attention measurement. We collected the Twitter data for the paper published by Yamamizu et al. (Stem Cell Rep 8(3):634–647, 2017. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2017.01.023 ). An investigative committee found that the main figures in the paper are fraudulent.

Keywords: Twitter; Altmetrics; Scientific misconduct (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-018-2698-6

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