A timeline of altmetric attention showing that podcasts are slower and longer-lasting than news

Podcast mentions have a unique attention profile!

@altmetric.com launched podcast tracking last year, so I thought I'd confirm that podcasts are like news, and mostly happening in the year of publication. They're not - 50% from 2022 pubs in that year, 10% last year, so slower and longer-lasting

Just witnessed an extraordinary murmuration of starlings - not my video - 100,00s birds - and really, we don't know why these humble birds do such extraordinary things - journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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...

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...

I can't hear you, from sponge bob

A list of linked podcasts

A purple doughnut, associated with a chapter on Fostering a culture of growth and belonging

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

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...

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...

hyhahaha, well my thesis is now submitted, so i have some headspace to noodle in the datawebs :)

😜

That's just GREAT, you didn't mention my amazing podcasts with Carlos even ONCE and now I'm sulking and my dog is sulking with me

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 😂)

It's been nine years since I worked on Citescore, we didn't do anything about citations from retracted articles then, from memory that dataset wasn't available. Hans Zijlstra is the person who works on it now, I'd like to think that we'll see an annoucement with the next release

Frankly, if the JIFs do change, that would be a huge red-flag!

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

"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

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

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...

"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....

I should have dropped PARADIGM SHIFT and QUANTUM LEAP. But seriously, this was not meant to happen

That was an epic moment.
A Mike drop.

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.

That was supposed to be between us 😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂😎😎😎

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...

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

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

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

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

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

There are other populations (e.g. clinicians) that seem stronger on X than BS (very early observation). I think this is a case of early-adopter / creators moving first / and then the audience will follow. (It implies, of course, that re-migration to X is possible, in pursuit of an active audience)

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

'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.'

The Kardashian Effect: How Celebrity Culture Influences Research Trends

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...

Bluesky Bluesky is now available in Altmetric as an attention source. Analyze social engagement with a comprehensive view of your research influence.

"in March 2025, on most days, Bluesky hosts more posts linked to new research than X"
www.altmetric.com/blog/bluesky...

Minor edit: "new research"

Say hi to my fellow doctoral students. I'm late to the game, but submitting this year. I'll send my blog draft to your email, I'm m.taylor@digital-science.com

Posted December last year. The data we're looking at is more-or-less real time, the switch is happening in March 2025. Some days x is on top, sometimes bluesky (for new research). Blog post coming soon.