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Apr 12, 20183 min read

The Bird is the Word: Use Twitter to Predict and Boost Your Citations

Don’t shoo away the bird! Behemoth social media platform, Twitter, is much more than a place for celebrity gossip and catching up on...

Jul 26, 20174 min read

The Evolution of Academic Success: from “Publish or Perish” to “Visible or Vanish”

It used to be that scientists like ourselves put our minds to task, spent countless hours in our labs, and finally, after many long...

Jul 7, 20173 min read

Five Ways to Boost your Research Impact and Altmetric Score

A familiar story. . . Dr Smart is a successful scientist. She’s a hard worker and has been focusing on her research for years. Following...

Jun 23, 20171 min read

Altmetric: What it is and Why it Matters [INFOGRAPHIC]

At Animate Your Science we are big fans of Altmetric. However, we felt that far too many scientists are still unsure of what Altmetric...

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