Table 1.
Ten major contributors to Twitter mentions on Parasitology (from Altmetric Explorer)
| Twitter Handle | Mentions (total) | Mentions (2019) | Followers (2019) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| @par_papers | 2,400 | 660 | 1,414 | Twitter bot of Parasitology papers in PubMed, bioRxiv, and PeerJ PrePrints. https://twitter.com/FilipHusnik |
| @bloodSparasites | 1,598 | 2,638 | 1,405 | https://twitter.com/bloodsparasites |
| @worm_papers | 982 | 301 | 528 | Twitter bot for academics interested in parasitic worms, gut parasites and anthelminthics https://twitter.com/worm_papers |
| @BehavEcolPapers | 807 | 479 | 3,008 | https://twitter.com/behavecolpapers |
| @MalariaPapers | 704 | 129 | 244 | Twitter bot of papers about malaria as they appear on PubMed and preprints on BioRxiv https://twitter.com/MalariaPapers |
| @Nematode_papers | 605 | 343 | 332 | https://twitter.com/nematode_papers |
| @oceanologia | 552 | Marine Sciences Publications Feed https://twitter.com/oceanologia | ||
| @IBIS_journal | 505 | 154 | 16,438 | British Ornithologistʼs Union https://twitter.com/IBIS_journal |
| @protistologists | 460 | 337 | 3,568 | International Society of Protistologists https://twitter.com/protistologists |
| @nematologists | 427 | 280 | 717 | International Federation of Nematology Societies https://twitter.com/nematologists |