Fang, Z., & Costas, R. (2020). Tracking the Twitter attention around the research efforts on the COVID-19 pandemic. arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.05783. https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.05783 

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- There is a parallel relationship between COVID-19-related publications and Twitter mentions where Twitter discussion increases with more research about COVID-19 being published
- Tweets from users of academic backgrounds are seen as more credible and hence receive more attention and more retweets 
- Research supports the claim that Twitter engagement and discussion of COVID-19-related research can be helpful in determining perceptions around the pandemic 

Tracking the Twitter attention around the research efforts on the COVID-19 pandemic

- Dataset of COVID-19-related publications
- Dataset of Twitter mentions of COVID-19-related publications
- Data analysis and visualization

Tracking the Twitter attention around the research efforts on the COVID-19 pandemic data collection and analysis


- Tweeting patterns
- Evolution of Twitter discussions
- Limitations

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