Los cientificos más populares en Twitter

Para las personas que les gusta utilizar Twitter, la entrada del día de hoy, les podrá ser muy interesante.

Recientemente, se ha publicado una lista con las 100 celebridades científicas más populares en Twitter, donde destacan el número de economistas en la lista (19), las otras profesiones que destacan son: físicos, biólogos, neurocientificos, médicos, astrofísicos/astrónomos, astronautas, psicólogos (cognitivo, economía del comportamiento, organizacional, clínico) y ciencias de la computación, entre otros.

En el listado encontraran: número de seguidores, dirección en twitter, número de citaciones e Índice-K, número total de tweets y la institución a la que pertenece.

Los economista más seguidos en Twitter:

4. Paul Krugman+, Economist
1,250,000 followers @NYTimesKrugman
Citations: 139,845 K-index: 651
Total number of tweets: 5,754
Princeton University, United States

10. Nouriel Roubini, Economist
313,000 followers @nouriel
Citations: 17,484 K-index: 317
Total number of tweets: 10,200
New York University, United States

15. Richard Florida, Economist
177,000 followers @Richard_Florida
Citations: 36,537 K-index: 142
Total number of tweets: 45,800
University of Toronto, Canada

16. Nobuo Ikeda, Economist
170,000 followers @ikedanob
Citations: 2,026 K-index: 343
Total number of tweets: 47,500
Agora Institute, Japan

17. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Economist
164,000 followers @JeffDSachs
Citations: 112 K-index: 837
Total number of tweets: 5,865
Columbia University, United States

25. Dambisa Moyo, Economist
104,000 followers @dambisamoyo
Citations: 1,612 K-index: 226
Total number of tweets: 2,084
Barclays, United Kingdom

32. Dan Ariely, Psychologist/behavioral economist
74,300 followers @danariely
Citations: 16,766 K-index: 76
Total number of tweets: 1,098
Duke University, United States

35. William Easterly*, Economist
63,200 followers @bill_easterly
Citations: 41,935 K-index: 48
Total number of tweets: 9,817
New York University, United States

36. Justin Wolfers, Economist
62,600 followers @JustinWolfers
Citations: 9,314 K-index: 78
Total number of tweets: 16,600
University of Michigan, United States

39. Austan Goolsbee, Economist
47,700 followers @Austan_Goolsbee
Citations: 4,924 K-index: 73
Total number of tweets: 2,624
University of Chicago, United States

41. Kaushik Basu, Economist
45,800 followers @kaushikcbasu
Citations: 11,476 K-index: 53
Total number of tweets: 2,089
World Bank

42. Tyler Cowen, Economist
45,600 followers @tylercowen
Citations: 4,388 K-index: 72
Total number of tweets: 11,200
George Mason University, United States

43. Dani Rodrik, Economist
45,500 followers @rodrikdani
Citations: 67,680 K-index: 30
Total number of tweets: 10,500
Institute for Advanced Study, United States

46. Joseph E. Stiglitz+, Economist
35,200 followers @JosephEStiglitz
Citations: 169,474 K-index: 17
Total number of tweets: 166
Columbia University, United States

52. Jared Bernstein, Economist
31,200 followers @econjared
Citations: 5,310 K-index: 46
Total number of tweets: 3,288
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, United States

58. David "Danny" Blanchflower, Economist
24,600 followers @D_Blanchflower
Citations: 16,960 K-index: 25
Total number of tweets: 42,094
Dartmouth College, United States

63. Dean Baker, Economist
21,300 followers @DeanBaker13
Citations: 10,758 K-index: 25
Total number of tweets: 7,285
Center for Economic and Policy Research, United States

65. Mark Thoma, Economist
20,800 followers @MarkThoma
Citations: 799 K-index: 57
Total number of tweets: 42,100
University of Oregon, United States

68. Noah Smith, Economist
19,900 followers @Noahpinion
Citations: 5,483 K-index: 29
Total number of tweets: 34,800
Stony Brook University, United States

 Aquí, encontraran el listado completo y la metodología: Twitter's science stars, the sequel.

y aquí, se pueden descargar el excel con los datos.