PLOS - Tweet Data Analysis
Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @PLOS
Published March 8, 2023
Overview
Tweets covering
10 days
Latest tweet was on
2023-02-21
Earliest tweet was on
2023-02-11
Total number of tweets analysed
191
Average age of authors' accounts
8 years
Summarization
This series of tweets discusses various topics related to scientific research, including responses of snakes to airborne sound, rising tropical diseases in Texas and the Gulf Coast, gender equality in STEM in Latin America, and open research metrics. They also discuss research published in multiple scientific journals including @PLOS and @PLOSONE, as well as articles written by various authors. Additionally, the tweets touch upon topics such as obesity, the negative impacts of urinary tract infections, and open science metrics. The overall aim of these tweets is to raise awareness and advocate for scientific research.
Topic Modeling
- Publishing in PLOS Journals
- Gender Equality in STEM
- Tropical Diseases & Climate Change
- Neuropsychology & Personality Traits
- Open Science Metrics & Funding
Emotional Analysis
The emotions expressed in these tweets range from excitement and enthusiasm to concern and worry. Many of the tweets express a sense of pride and accomplishment, such as the tweets celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in STEM and the tweet thanking PLOS for the invitation. Other tweets express concern about topics such as climate change, poverty, and the unequal representation of Latin American scientists in research. There is also a sense of optimism, as seen in the tweets celebrating the agreement between PLOS and UT3PaulSabatier and the tweet discussing the potential for open science metrics.
Trend Analysis
- Gender equality in STEM
- Open access publishing
- Research metrics
- Climate change
- The impact of urbanization
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Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
83
43% of total
Number of Original tweets
51
26% of total
Number of tweets that were Quotes
15
7% of total
Number of tweets that were Replies
50
26% of total
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
60
31% of total
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
191
100% of total
Devices Used to Tweet
Top 5 Devices
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter Web App | 73 |
| dlvr.it | 47 |
| Twitter for Android | 32 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 27 |
| Science X Status Updates | 4 |
Device Distribution
Top 10 Accounts by Followers
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| physorg_com | Phys.org | Science news, Technology news. Physics, Space, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Math, Electronics, Nanotechnology, Materials, Computers, Health, Earth Science. | 1,013,663 |
| PeterHotez | Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD | Vaccine Scientist-Author-Combat Antiscience @bcmhouston Professor Pediatrics Molecular Virology, @bcm_tropmed Dean, @TexasChildrens Chair in Tropical Pediatrics | 332,699 |
| medical_xpress | Medical Xpress | Latest research news on health and medicine | 168,445 |
| PLOSBiology | PLOS Biology | PLOS Biology, the PLOS flagship journal in life sciences, is a highly selective open-access, peer-reviewed general biology journal @[email protected] | 100,918 |
| ithinkwellHugh | Hugh Kearns | Procrastination, Perfectionism, Overcommitment and the Imposter Syndrome. Flinders University, Adelaide, iThinkWell. Lecturer, researcher and author. | 94,677 |
| paimadhu | Madhu Pai, MD, PhD | Settler. Prof & Canada Research Chair of Epidemiology & Global Health @McGillU. Assoc Director, @McGill_TB. Editor-in-Chief @PLOSGPH. Tweets: own views. He/him. | 84,716 |
| GidMK | Health Nerd | @[email protected] Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). ' PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email [email protected] he/him | 73,167 |
| openscience | Open Science | to #openscience…https://t.co/jcV6uP6Uqx | 72,418 |
| hildabast | Hilda Bastian, PhD @[email protected] | Scientist (PhD she/her), writer, cartoonist. Blogs Absolutely Maybe @PLOS, Grief Collection, Statistically Funny. Also @TheAtlantic @[email protected] | 31,257 |
| NJdoc | Mark | Lover of life, invests, advises, blogs. Embraces Medicine, Tech, Sports. Went 2 Med Sch, got PhD. Nominal academician, innovator, entrepreneur, Humanist, BS'er | 21,876 |
Top 10 Accounts by Friends
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| ithinkwellHugh | Hugh Kearns | Procrastination, Perfectionism, Overcommitment and the Imposter Syndrome. Flinders University, Adelaide, iThinkWell. Lecturer, researcher and author. | 59,346 |
| openscience | Open Science | to #openscience…https://t.co/jcV6uP6Uqx | 12,030 |
| NJdoc | Mark | Lover of life, invests, advises, blogs. Embraces Medicine, Tech, Sports. Went 2 Med Sch, got PhD. Nominal academician, innovator, entrepreneur, Humanist, BS'er | 11,481 |
| PLOSBiology | PLOS Biology | PLOS Biology, the PLOS flagship journal in life sciences, is a highly selective open-access, peer-reviewed general biology journal @[email protected] | 7,393 |
| PeterHotez | Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD | Vaccine Scientist-Author-Combat Antiscience @bcmhouston Professor Pediatrics Molecular Virology, @bcm_tropmed Dean, @TexasChildrens Chair in Tropical Pediatrics | 7,070 |
| PublicHealthMap | PublicHealthMaps | Empowering people with greater understanding about #PublicHealth, #Maps & everything in between. 🌍⚕️🗺️ #PublicHealthMaps | #MapOfTheWeek | 6,395 |
| lteytelman | Lenny Teytelman 🇺🇦 | Biologist, cofounder and CEO of @protocolsIO (he/him) | 6,174 |
| juliebabyar | Julie Babyar (she/her) | More Than Words. | 5,739 |
| datadryad | Dryad | Dryad is an open data publishing platform and community, committed to making data-sharing and re-use easy, powerful and compelling. #nonprofit, #opensource. | 5,557 |
| PHRIresearch | PHRI | Population Health Research Institute 🇨🇦 | Birthplace of 9 most measurable modifiable risk factors for #heartdisease & #stroke @McMasterU @hamhealthsci Newsletter: https://t.co/mpqGNzERCA | https://t.co/J8M2DKtXyS | 5,001 |
Most Active Users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| BehavEcolPapers | #BehavioralEcology #Ethology #HumanBehavior #AnimalBehavior #LifeHistory #AnimalPhysiology papers from #PubMed & journal rss-feeds | curated by @MihalyFoldvari | 47 |
| CNZdenek | Biologist and Toxinologist. Postdoc @UQVenomLab. Discussing science and promoting wildlife. #PalmyMascot spokesperson. Ex UofCaliforniaIrvine / ANU | 7 |
| iainh_z | Director, Open Research Solutions @PLOS. I help people share and find research. Excuse any running, wine, food, music or spaniel tweets. Opinions my own. | 4 |
| _OpenPharma | Working with pharma to drive fast and transparent medical publishingFind us on LinkedIn: https://t.co/OmcWHSO0V8 | 4 |
| fancycomma | A strategic & digital #SciComm firm, we communicate complex insights to the 🌎. Follow us for #SciCommTips. Tweets: @SheevaAzma & @AimenCreates. https://t.co/zNcrLk5uwx | 3 |
| dasaptaerwin | @[email protected] | 3 |
| ResearcherLife_ | A brand by @Cactusglobal Researcher Life is a subscription-based platform offering tools and services to help researchers thrive at every step of their journey. | 3 |
| phylophile | Herpetologist and natural historian at heart, but generally an 'enjoyably opinionated' evolutionary biologist. | 3 |
| physorg_com | Science news, Technology news. Physics, Space, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Math, Electronics, Nanotechnology, Materials, Computers, Health, Earth Science. | 2 |
| guptam108 | For my part, I will never give up, and I mean never🚵♂️ No affiliation with any political party. Likes/ RT’s/ Views’s are personal✍️ | 2 |
Tweets Per Day
Top 10 Tweets by Retweets
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1625798838731816962 | How do snakes respond to airborne sound? Go toward it? Away? Become defensive? We scientifically answered these questions by playing sounds to 19 snakes from 5 genera in a sound-proof … | 38 |
| 1626192801493835776 | New post: are research organisations ready for open research metrics? By @robyn_price_ using the new @PLOS Open Science Indicators https://t.co/QmHLalxODB | 16 |
| 1625829962644160513 | 3/3 tropical diseases are rising in Texas and Gulf Coast due to a confluence of extreme poverty, climate change, urbanization, and human migrations. I wrote about this in @PLOS https://t.co/v8PnGNQ13y | 16 |
| 1624490753761083393 | On this International Day of Women and Girls in STEM we share with you our analysis on the progress and challenges we face in working for gender equality in STEM … | 14 |
| 1626775489661571072 | Here is the background article I wrote with @SenBooker @CoryBooker in @PLOS https://t.co/tcHTCU4EsG | 12 |
| 1625932979905376256 | North American mountain vegetation is rapidly shifting higher as the climate warms @plos @PLOSClimate https://t.co/9Sz1Z3hFso https://t.co/VVKRxqQleW | 9 |
| 1626594256369631233 | Comparing 3 dosing intervals for primary #SARSCoV2 #mRNA Vaccine (BNT162b2) vaccination magnitude, neutralization capacity & durability of humoral immune response in healthcare workers@DarrylLeong M Duong et alhttps://t.co/eOJE8DmmLA @PLOSONE @PLOS #CovidVaccine … | 8 |
| 1624827504514007040 | Honoured to share my experience as Editor @PLOS @PLOSONE https://t.co/euojSV0p4b | 8 |
| 1626238858755964929 | Obesity is a symptom of a non-conducive built and food environment. Our recent research published @PLOS @UrbanBetter cc @DrTolullah @DTHF_SA https://t.co/bQoGrPhLBF | 7 |
| 1625932967594819617 | Paying attention to faces may be linked with #psychopathology levels and 'big five' #personality traits @plos @PLOSONE https://t.co/ZHEFaCGLop https://t.co/GvwqEKA5Bs | 6 |
Top 10 Tweets by Likes
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1625798838731816962 | How do snakes respond to airborne sound? Go toward it? Away? Become defensive? We scientifically answered these questions by playing sounds to 19 snakes from 5 genera in a sound-proof … | 129 |
| 1625829962644160513 | 3/3 tropical diseases are rising in Texas and Gulf Coast due to a confluence of extreme poverty, climate change, urbanization, and human migrations. I wrote about this in @PLOS https://t.co/v8PnGNQ13y | 77 |
| 1626775489661571072 | Here is the background article I wrote with @SenBooker @CoryBooker in @PLOS https://t.co/tcHTCU4EsG | 55 |
| 1624490753761083393 | On this International Day of Women and Girls in STEM we share with you our analysis on the progress and challenges we face in working for gender equality in STEM … | 40 |
| 1624827504514007040 | Honoured to share my experience as Editor @PLOS @PLOSONE https://t.co/euojSV0p4b | 39 |
| 1625932979905376256 | North American mountain vegetation is rapidly shifting higher as the climate warms @plos @PLOSClimate https://t.co/9Sz1Z3hFso https://t.co/VVKRxqQleW | 20 |
| 1626192801493835776 | New post: are research organisations ready for open research metrics? By @robyn_price_ using the new @PLOS Open Science Indicators https://t.co/QmHLalxODB | 17 |
| 1626596985703890951 | La @plos publicó un estudio que demostraba que los artículos científicos firmados por latinoamericanos recibían menos citas que los que tenían como primer autor a una persona europea. La situación … | 14 |
| 1626040000214097920 | 📢 “@PLOS will reject or retract articles suspected of any manipulation of the publication process" https://t.co/Hzquhgz7iE | 10 |
| 1627967608174567425 | 📖 Nos chercheuses et chercheurs peuvent désormais publier leurs articles en #OpenAccess, sans frais, dans toutes les revues de @PLOS ! https://t.co/pCwRlfDKGD | 10 |
Top Languages Used
Top 10 Hashtags
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #openaccess | 10 |
| #openscience | 10 |
| #behavior | 7 |
| #opendata | 5 |
| #personality | 4 |
| #lovedataweek23 | 4 |
| #behavioral | 4 |
| #climate | 3 |
| #data | 3 |
| #beetles | 2 |
Top 10 Mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @plos | 191 |
| @behavecolpapers | 26 |
| @plosone | 23 |
| @qut | 18 |
| @uq_news | 18 |
| @chrishayherp | 16 |
| @lachlanabourke | 16 |
| @cnzdenek | 11 |
| @plosclimate | 9 |
| @physorg_com | 8 |
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emoji Analysis
Average emojis per tweet:
20
Emojis Used
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 🔎 | 5 | magnifying_glass_tilted_right |
| 👇 | 4 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
| 🙏 | 4 | folded_hands |
| 📰 | 4 | newspaper |
| ➡️ | 3 | right_arrow |
| 📖 | 2 | open_book |
| 🤘🏻 | 2 | sign_of_the_horns_light_skin_tone |
| 📢 | 2 | loudspeaker |
| 📅 | 1 | calendar |
| 👏🏽 | 1 | clapping_hands_medium_skin_tone |
Emoji Groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Objects | 17 |
| People & Body | 13 |
| Smileys & Emotion | 6 |
| Symbols | 3 |
| Animals & Nature | 1 |
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