Today is an auspicious day

August 17, 2012 by 3 Comments
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This is an auspicious day. On this day in 2009 BiM published its first blog post. We have come a long way since a conversation a bit over three years ago when Heidi persuaded Lorimer to try blogging as a new way to help overcome the divide between scientist and clinician.Now we have about 3,800 visits to the site EVERY week from all over the … [Read more...]

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Can tweets predict citations?

March 13, 2012 by 2 Comments

A recent article in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)[1] looked at whether it is feasible to measure social impact of, and public attention to, newly published research articles by analysing buzz in social media - specifically twitter. It also asked whether these metrics are sensitive and specific enough to predict highly cited … [Read more...]

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