title: Twitter use in physics conferences.
abstract: An analysis of Twitter use in 116 conferences suggests that the service is used more extensively at PACS10 conferences (those devoted to the physics of elementary particles and fields) and PACS90 conferences (those devoted to geophysics, astronomy, and astrophysics) than at conferences in other fields of physics. Furthermore, Twitter is used in a qualitatively different manner. A possible reason for these differences is discussed.
authors: DCQE, University of Portsmouth, St Michael's Road, Portsmouth, PO1 2PR UK.
authors: Stephen
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authors: Webb
keywords: Physics conference activity; Scholarly communication; Subdisciplinary differences; Twitter