Comunicação científica na Rede Social X (Twitter): a visibilidade de pesquisas sobre o coronavírus promovida por usuários no Brasil

Abstract

Currently, new configurations are presented in scientific communication. Without discarding the historical and developmental context of this social action, technological elements and pressure from society increasingly place these operations, previously restricted to specific audiences, within the reach and discussion of audiences with multiple interests. This study aimed to characterize the presence of scientific research on the coronavirus on the social network X (Twitter) that received online attention by Brazilian users. Methodologically, the study is descriptive in nature, presenting quantitative and qualitative analyzes. To present the analyzes and syntheses, it presents bibliometric and altmetric surveys worked on the Dimensions, Altmetric platforms and electronic spreadsheets (Google Sheets). 300 searches were investigated, which received global online attention equivalent to 3,554,693 tweets and had 127,098 interactions from Brazilian profiles, which means 4.8% of the total. It was observed that 84.3% of research was published in the format of scientific articles and 97.6% of works published in open access. The participation of 2,939 authors distributed across 76 countries was determined; among these, 254 researchers are Brazilian, which means 8.6% of the total. As a result, the presence of scientific research on the coronavirus on the social network X (Twitter) since 2005 was verified, with a greater 'online attention' effect of this presence in the years 2019-2020, period that coincides with the emergence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome on the Asian continent in 2019. The importance of new modes of production, circulation and appropriation of science is considered, both by the scientific community and by civil society, as was the case with the perception of this current scientific topic of global interest.