Global science discussed in local altmetrics: Weibo and its comparison with Twitter

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Highlights：

• A novel important local altmetrics, Weibo, is studied.

• A comprehensive comparison between Weibo and Twitter in a large scale is conducted.

• Weibo, as well as Twitter and general altmetrics, is proved to have significant immediacy advantage over citations.

• Users post scientific weibos because they are interesting, surprising, academically useful or practically useful.

• The conclusion of scientific articles is the most frequently mentioned element in scientific weibos.

摘要

•A novel important local altmetrics, Weibo, is studied.•A comprehensive comparison between Weibo and Twitter in a large scale is conducted.•Weibo, as well as Twitter and general altmetrics, is proved to have significant immediacy advantage over citations.•Users post scientific weibos because they are interesting, surprising, academically useful or practically useful.•The conclusion of scientific articles is the most frequently mentioned element in scientific weibos.

论文关键词：Altmetrics,Weibo,Altmetrics indicators,Scholarly communication,Distribution

论文评审过程：Received 18 July 2016, Revised 27 February 2017, Accepted 27 February 2017, Available online 20 March 2017, Version of Record 20 March 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2017.02.011