Abstract
Ten simple rules of live tweeting at scientific conferences.
Highlights
The power of mobile communications has increased dramatically in recent years such that these devices can be used productively to do science [1]
Twitter has useful real-world scientific applications, such as in disease surveillance enabling the tracking of disease pandemics [4,5,6], as well as the capacity to be used for the communication of science itself [7]
Twitter can serve as a catalyst in the development of scientific tools, with at least one mobile app for science coming directly out of a tweet at a scientific conference [9]
Summary
The power of mobile communications has increased dramatically in recent years such that these devices (smartphone or tablet computer) can be used productively to do science [1]. Some scientists are using Twitter as a vehicle to summarize presentations and posters at conferences in real time, which is defined as ‘‘live tweeting.’’ The advantage of remote participation is that the information tweeted is open and free to anyone around the globe (Figure 1).
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