Are automated accounts driving scholarly communication on Twitter? a case study of dissemination of COVID-19 publications

• Main Authors: Ye, Estella Yingxin, Na, Jin-Cheon, Oh, Poong
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication; Altmetrics; Twitter
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162615
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

From a network perspective, this study analyzes 659 users mentioning sampled COVID-19 articles 10 or more times on Twitter with a focus on their roles in facilitating the process of scholarly communication. Different from existing studies, we consider both the user types and the automation of accoun...