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<p class=MsoNormal>Colleagues/<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Two Weeks Ago, I Posted A Query On The Practice Of 'Twitter
Science' :<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>"I Am Greatly Interested In Learning Of Any / All
Formal (or Informal) Initiatives That Have Incorporated Twitter (Or Similiar
Mobile Features And / Or Functionality) Within Science (And / Or Technology)
Projects, Publications And / Or Conferences."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Well ... ... ... <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>" ... Robert Simpson, a PhD student from Cardiff
University in the UK, has created a website that ranks papers appearing on the
arXiv preprint server according to their popularity on Twitter. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>His website searches Twitter for tweets that mention an
arXiv url or posts that are tagged “#arxiv” and include the paper’s unique
identifier. The website retrieves and lists all the tweets and produces a table
of the most popular papers, authors and arXiv categories ranked by how many
tweets they have received. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>[arXiv on Twitter: [snip] This project aims to collect this
information and use it to highlight the most interesting and talked-about
papers].<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The website has only been active since 16 April, but already
there have been 75 tweets quoting arXiv papers. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This week’s top three papers include an introduction to
machine learning, a 3D study of the photosphere of HD99563 and power-law
distributions in empirical data.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The paper ranked fourth in the table, however, as far as I
could tell was an April fool’s joke, which proclaimed that pi has changed since
1900 BC. So maybe think twice before taking such a ranking seriously."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>And Who Says I'm Crazy ... ? [:-)]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>A Link To The Original Twitter Science Posting And To The ArXiv
On Twitter Site Are Available From<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>[ <a href="http://tinyurl.com/qggsoz">http://tinyurl.com/qggsoz</a>
]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Enjoy !<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>/Gerry <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Gerry McKiernan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Science and Technology Librarian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Iowa State University Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Ames IA 50011<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>gerrymck@iastate.edu <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has
Come / Victor Hugo <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>[ <a
href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490">http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490</a>
]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind
Blows <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>[ <a href="http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/">http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/</a>
]<o:p></o:p></p>
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