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t factor: A metric for measuring impact on Twitter

Digital Libraries 2020-01-09 v2 Social and Information Networks

Abstract

Based on the definition of the well-known h index we propose a t factor for measuring the impact of publications (and other entities) on Twitter. The new index combines tweet and retweet data in a balanced way whereby retweets are seen as data reflecting the impact of initial tweets. The t factor is defined as follows: A unit (single publication, journal, researcher, research group etc.) has factor t if t of its Nt tweets have at least t retweets each and the other (Nt-t) tweets have <=t retweets each.

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@article{arxiv.1508.02179,
  title  = {t factor: A metric for measuring impact on Twitter},
  author = {Lutz Bornmann and Robin Haunschild},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.02179},
  year   = {2020}
}

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URL: http://e-journal.um.edu.my/public/article-view.php?id=9398

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