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A little while ago, we added sentiment analysis to #altmetric @altmetric.bsky.social and we (well, Carlos led and the rest of us helped...) wrote a paper on how we did it and what we did www.frontiersin.org/journals/res...
Frontiers | Sentiment analysis of research attention: the Altmetric proof of concept
Traditional bibliometric approaches to research impact assessment have predominantly relied on citation counts, overlooking the qualitative dimensions of how...
www.frontiersin.org
October 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
A little while ago, we added sentiment analysis to #altmetric @altmetric.bsky.social and we (well, Carlos led and the rest of us helped...) wrote a paper on how we did it and what we did www.frontiersin.org/journals/res...
Pretty excited to be talking about podcasts and the humanities tomorrow. It's a free event, do come along and listen to me (and, ahem, everyone else...)
www.eventbrite.com/e/5th-annual...
www.eventbrite.com/e/5th-annual...
5th Annual Humanities Podcasting Network Symposium: “Podcasting & Power"
Join us for the 5th Annual Humanities Podcasting Network Symposium to learn about the "Podcasting & Power" in podcasting!
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October 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Pretty excited to be talking about podcasts and the humanities tomorrow. It's a free event, do come along and listen to me (and, ahem, everyone else...)
www.eventbrite.com/e/5th-annual...
www.eventbrite.com/e/5th-annual...
Over at @altmetric.com we can hear you! We just added podcasts to the data sources we track for links to academic research, and yes! This does mean a new donut colour, and yes, there are research outputs that only have podcast attention! #altmetrics
October 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Over at @altmetric.com we can hear you! We just added podcasts to the data sources we track for links to academic research, and yes! This does mean a new donut colour, and yes, there are research outputs that only have podcast attention! #altmetrics
A conversation about biases in data led me to discover the shocking lack of data into female human sensory data, and this intriguing model that shows a hypothetical female sensory homunculus doi.org/10.1162/leon...
The Missing Female Homunculus
Abstract. The somatosensory homunculus shows an exaggerated human figure that illustrates the proportion of the brain devoted to the sense of touch in each part of the body. Originally based on Wilder...
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October 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A conversation about biases in data led me to discover the shocking lack of data into female human sensory data, and this intriguing model that shows a hypothetical female sensory homunculus doi.org/10.1162/leon...
Thesis now at 56,000 words, I don't want to go beyond 60. I have a list of stuff that needs to be written. I can do this (I just can't do everything else as well 😂)
July 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Thesis now at 56,000 words, I don't want to go beyond 60. I have a list of stuff that needs to be written. I can do this (I just can't do everything else as well 😂)
My own little "mike drop" moment. As of May 2025, new research is more likely to get attention on Bluesky than X. Me speaking at ISMPP last week #omnichannel #altmetrics #science @ismpp.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
My own little "mike drop" moment. As of May 2025, new research is more likely to get attention on Bluesky than X. Me speaking at ISMPP last week #omnichannel #altmetrics #science @ismpp.bsky.social
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"As of May, this month, I stand here before you and I tell you: new publications get more attention on Bluesky than X."
—Mike Taylor's drop the mic moment. @herrison2000.bsky.social speaking at ISMPP 2025 in Washington, D.C. @ismpp.bsky.social
@altmetric.com @bsky.app 🦋 #AcademicSky
—Mike Taylor's drop the mic moment. @herrison2000.bsky.social speaking at ISMPP 2025 in Washington, D.C. @ismpp.bsky.social
@altmetric.com @bsky.app 🦋 #AcademicSky
May 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"As of May, this month, I stand here before you and I tell you: new publications get more attention on Bluesky than X."
—Mike Taylor's drop the mic moment. @herrison2000.bsky.social speaking at ISMPP 2025 in Washington, D.C. @ismpp.bsky.social
@altmetric.com @bsky.app 🦋 #AcademicSky
—Mike Taylor's drop the mic moment. @herrison2000.bsky.social speaking at ISMPP 2025 in Washington, D.C. @ismpp.bsky.social
@altmetric.com @bsky.app 🦋 #AcademicSky
Quick analysis of links to journal articles on Bluesky versus X, we find that (from May 2025 pubs) Bs is now clearly dominant, 77k to 65k. Threads as yet unknown #altmetrics #science
May 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Quick analysis of links to journal articles on Bluesky versus X, we find that (from May 2025 pubs) Bs is now clearly dominant, 77k to 65k. Threads as yet unknown #altmetrics #science
"The paucity of rare disease-related publications highlights an urgent need for increasing knowledge on rare diseases through medical literature to better serve patients, their families, and the healthcare professionals who treat them"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
How many zebras are there now? An updated report on publications on rare diseases in medical literature
Previously, we reported that medical literature on rare diseases was both scarce and mostly inaccessible. In this study, we evaluated changes in the past 5 years. We performed a systematic search o...
www.tandfonline.com
May 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
"The paucity of rare disease-related publications highlights an urgent need for increasing knowledge on rare diseases through medical literature to better serve patients, their families, and the healthcare professionals who treat them"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Two-headed Headline Writing Machine @careia.bsky.social and @herrison2000.bsky.social, our resident data wranglers, recently showed up on the Medical Affairs podcast to drop some science on Bluesky versus X formerly Twitter.
In 20 minutes they drop several chunky revelations.
In 20 minutes they drop several chunky revelations.
April 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Two-headed Headline Writing Machine @careia.bsky.social and @herrison2000.bsky.social, our resident data wranglers, recently showed up on the Medical Affairs podcast to drop some science on Bluesky versus X formerly Twitter.
In 20 minutes they drop several chunky revelations.
In 20 minutes they drop several chunky revelations.
Academics largely trust and would recommend Wikipedia pages that include citations to their academic work. New paper published with Kath Burton, Charles Watkinson, Carlos Areia and self in PlosOne today - journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... #altmetrics
Research citations building trust in Wikipedia: Results from a survey of published authors
The use of Wikipedia citations in scholarly research has been the topic of much inquiry over the past decade, however little is known regarding perceived Researchers trustworthiness of Wikipedia citat...
journals.plos.org
April 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Academics largely trust and would recommend Wikipedia pages that include citations to their academic work. New paper published with Kath Burton, Charles Watkinson, Carlos Areia and self in PlosOne today - journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... #altmetrics
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Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work
#AcademicSky #EduSky
#AcademicSky #EduSky
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work
#AcademicSky #EduSky
#AcademicSky #EduSky
Wow, quoted by @timeshighered.bsky.social this morning on the migration from X to Bluesky - www.timeshighereducation.com/news/xs-domi... - you need to register to read, but free
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Wow, quoted by @timeshighered.bsky.social this morning on the migration from X to Bluesky - www.timeshighereducation.com/news/xs-domi... - you need to register to read, but free
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'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
What do the Kardashians do in the lab? Carlos and myself talk up our latest work, "in the lab with the Kardashians", it's about how celebrity boosts impact, from "Postmortum of the Earl of Balcarres" (17th century), through Buffy Studies to more ... kurrent research open.spotify.com/episode/6hwI...
The Kardashian Effect: How Celebrity Culture Influences Research Trends
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April 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
What do the Kardashians do in the lab? Carlos and myself talk up our latest work, "in the lab with the Kardashians", it's about how celebrity boosts impact, from "Postmortum of the Earl of Balcarres" (17th century), through Buffy Studies to more ... kurrent research open.spotify.com/episode/6hwI...
"in March 2025, on most days, Bluesky hosts more posts linked to new research than X"
www.altmetric.com/blog/bluesky...
www.altmetric.com/blog/bluesky...
Bluesky
Bluesky is now available in Altmetric as an attention source. Analyze social engagement with a comprehensive view of your research influence.
www.altmetric.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"in March 2025, on most days, Bluesky hosts more posts linked to new research than X"
www.altmetric.com/blog/bluesky...
www.altmetric.com/blog/bluesky...
About to talk to medical affairs colleagues, with the news that Bluesky is carrying more posts about new journal publications than X #bluesky #altmetrics #x #xparrot
March 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
About to talk to medical affairs colleagues, with the news that Bluesky is carrying more posts about new journal publications than X #bluesky #altmetrics #x #xparrot
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A very powerful speech on the importance of supporting allies and upholding international agreements that you've signed youtu.be/rFqvErYqFRs?...
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March 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
A very powerful speech on the importance of supporting allies and upholding international agreements that you've signed youtu.be/rFqvErYqFRs?...
Trump's ludicrous suggestion for Gaza isn't quite genocide, but it's on its way. Can't think anything more likely to make the area peaceful than a second nakba
February 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Trump's ludicrous suggestion for Gaza isn't quite genocide, but it's on its way. Can't think anything more likely to make the area peaceful than a second nakba
Non-English language Wikipedias make unique contributions to the representation of research in their languages (they're NOT just mini-me English Wikis) - arxiv.org/abs/2501.09666 - check out our arxiv preprint
Evaluating the diversity of scientific discourse on twenty-one multilingual Wikipedias using citation analysis
INTRODUCTION: Wikipedia is a major source of information, particularly for medical and health content, citing over 4 million scholarly publications. However, the representation of research-based knowl...
arxiv.org
January 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Non-English language Wikipedias make unique contributions to the representation of research in their languages (they're NOT just mini-me English Wikis) - arxiv.org/abs/2501.09666 - check out our arxiv preprint
Once again, I find myself talking about the Earl of Balcarres, and his post-mortum, as published in 1665: an example of celebrities attracting attention in science doi.org/10.1098/rstl...
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December 5, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Once again, I find myself talking about the Earl of Balcarres, and his post-mortum, as published in 1665: an example of celebrities attracting attention in science doi.org/10.1098/rstl...
While it's not #WorldTBDay I'd like to flag the amazing work done by APOPO.org fighting #Tuberculosis with Giant African Pouched Rats bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Training Rats To Save Lives • APOPO
Over 60 countries are contaminated with hidden landmines and other explosive remnants of war, that cause tragic accidents and hamper communities from
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November 25, 2024 at 4:03 PM
While it's not #WorldTBDay I'd like to flag the amazing work done by APOPO.org fighting #Tuberculosis with Giant African Pouched Rats bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
What a Completely Delightful Green 😉👩⚕️
November 18, 2024 at 9:21 AM
What a Completely Delightful Green 😉👩⚕️