Several disciplines in science have looked at whether the online attention research papers receive relates to citations (the traditional measure for a paper's success)
i.e. Medicine https://t.co/LCKo0koa7K
Ecology
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https://t.co/oTdb6s9Noz
Tweet success? Scientific communication correlates with increased citations in Ecology and Conservation @DreyerErwin @europeanforest @EUFORGEN https://t.co/lfXqq68nB3