• Age stratification and cohort effects in scholarly communication : a study of social sciences 

    Sugimoto, Cassidy R.; Sugimoto, Thomas; Tsou, Andrew; Milojević, Staša; Larivière, Vincent (Springer, 2016-07-29)
    Aging is considered to be an important factor in a scholar’s propensity to innovate, produce, and collaborate on high quality work. Yet, empirical studies in the area are rare and plagued with several limitations. As a result, we lack clear evidence ...
  • Authorship, citations, acknowledgments and visibility in social media : symbolic capital in the multifaceted reward system of science 

    Desrochers, Nadine; Paul-Hus, Adèle; Haustein, Stefanie; Rodrigo, Costas; Mongeon, Philippe; Quan-Haase, Anabel; Bowman, Timothy D.; Pecoskie, Jen; Tsou, Andrew; Larivière, Vincent (SAGE, 2018-02-01)
    The reward system of science is undergoing significant changes, as traditional indicators compete with initiatives that offer novel means of disseminating and assessing scholarly impact. This paper considers a number of aspects of this reward system, ...
  • A community of curious souls : an analysis of commenting behavior on TED talks videos 

    Tsou, Andrew; Thelwall, Mike; Mongeon, Philippe; Sugimoto, Cassidy R. (Public library of science, 2014-04-09)
    The TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Talks website hosts video recordings of various experts, celebrities, academics, and others who discuss their topics of expertise. Funded by advertising and members but provided free online, TED Talks have ...
  • Scientists popularizing science : characteristics and impact of TED talk presenters 

    Sugimoto, Cassidy R.; Thelwal, Mike; Larivière, Vincent; Tsou, Andrew; Mongeon, Philippe; Macaluso, Benoit (Public library of science, 2013-04-30)
    The TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference and associated website of recorded conference presentations (TED Talks) is a highly successful disseminator of science-related videos, claiming over a billion online views. Although hundreds of ...
  • Team size matters : collaboration and scientific impact since 1900 

    Larivière, Vincent; Gingras, Yves; Sugimoto, Cassidy R.; Tsou, Andrew (Association for information science and technology, 2014-11-06)
    This paper provides the first historical analysis of the relationship between collaboration and scientific impact, using three indicators of collaboration (number of authors, number of addresses, and number of countries) and including articles published ...
  • Tweets as impact indicators : examining the implications of automated “bot” accounts on Twitter 

    Haustein, Stefanie; Bowman, Timothy D.; Holmberg, Kim; Tsou, Andrew; Sugimoto, Cassidy R.; Larivière, Vincent (2015-05-05)
    This brief communication presents preliminary findings on automated Twitter accounts distributing links to scientific articles deposited on the preprint repository arXiv. It discusses the implication of the presence of such bots from the perspective ...