Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether diffusion through social media can help to improve the international visibility of Chinese papers and thus increase their citation impact. After analysing 160,233 Chinese papers published in 2012, as well as the number of tweets and citations received, the results indicate that tweeted Chinese papers published in the same year and journal received around 15% more citations than Chinese papers not mentioned on Twitter. The citation advantage of tweeted Chinese papers is also found within various disciplines and by the different citing countries.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 505-519 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Scientometrics |
| Volume | 116 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jul 2018 |
Keywords
- Altmetrics
- China
- Citation analysis
- Scientific impact