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Twitter and traditional bibliometrics are separate but complementary aspects of research impact. Via Mark E. Deschaine, PhD 
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Read the latest article version by Caitlin M. Rivers, Bryan L. Lewis, at F1000Research.
In 2009 Ginsberg et al. reported using Google search query volume to estimate influenza activity in advance of traditional methodologies. It was a groundbreaking example of digital disease detection, and it still remains illustrative of the power of gathering data from the internet for important research. In recent years, the methodologies have been extended to include new topics and data sources; Twitter in particular has been used for surveillance of influenza-like-illnesses, political sentiments, and even behavioral risk factors like sentiments about childhood vaccination programs. As the research landscape continuously changes, the protection of human subjects in online research needs to keep pace. ...
These guidelines are offered to help start this discourse and to lay the foundations for the ethical use of Twitter data.
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The popularity of social media sites and the ease at which its data is available means these platforms are increasingly becoming primary sources for social research. Wasim Ahmed presents a quick lo...
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