By Victoria Costello, PLOS Senior Social Media & Community Editor
«The good news is you’ve published your manuscript! The bad news? With two million other new research articles likely to be published this year, you face steep competition for readers, downloads, citations and media attention — even if only 10% of those two million papers are in your discipline.»
«So, how can you get your paper noticed and advance the scientific conversation?
One word: Tweet.
A Tweet (n.) is an online communication of no more than 140 characters (often containing links), transmitted on the public “social network” known as Twitter. When you Tweet (v.), you enter a conversation of Twitter users.»
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How Articles Get Noticed and Advance the Scientific Conversation