Samara Klar|Yanna Krupnikov|John Barry Ryan|Kathleen Searles|Yotam Shmargad
Using social media to promote academic research: Identifying the benefits of twitter for sharing academic work
University of Arizona|Stony Brook University|Stony Brook University|Louisiana State University|University of Arizona
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