Cassidy R. Sugimoto|Mike Thelwall|Vincent Larivière|Andrew Tsou|Philippe Mongeon|Benoît Macaluso
Scientists Popularizing Science: Characteristics and Impact of TED Talk Presenters
Indiana University Bloomington|University of Wolverhampton|Université du Québec à Montréal|Université de Montréal|Indiana University Bloomington|Université de Montréal|Université du Québec à Montréal|Université de Montréal
ted technology entertainment design conference associated website recorded conference presentations ted talks highly successful disseminator sciencerelated videos claiming billion online views although hundreds scientists presented ted little information available regarding presenters academic credentials impact ted talks general population article uses bibliometric webometric techniques gather data characteristics ted presenters videos analyze relationship characteristics subsequent impact videos results show presenters predominately male nonacademics maleauthored videos popular liked viewed youtube videos academic presenters commented videos others liked youtube although little difference frequently viewed majority academic presenters senior faculty males united statesbased institutions visible online cited frequently average field however giving ted presentation appeared impact number citations subsequently received academic suggesting although ted popularizes research may promote work scientists within academic community