@misc{10481/108764,
year = {2025},
month = {8},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/108764},
abstract = {This study examines the shift in the scientific community from X (formerly Twitter) to Bluesky, its
impact on scientific communication, and consequently on social metrics (altmetrics). We analysed
14,497 publications from multidisciplinary and Library and Information Science (LIS) journals
between January 2024 and March 2025. The results reveal a notable increase in Bluesky activity
for multidisciplinary journals in November 2024, likely influenced by political and platform
changes, with mentions multiplying for journals like Nature and Science. In LIS, the adoption of
Bluesky is different and shows marked variation between European and United States journals.
Although Bluesky remains a minority platform compared to X over the whole period, when
focusing on user engagement after the United States elections, we see a much more even distribution between the two platforms. In two LIS journals, Bluesky even surpasses X, while in most
others, the difference in user engagement was no longer as pronounced, marking a significant
change from previous patterns in altmetrics.},
publisher = {Elsevier},
keywords = {Bluesky},
keywords = {X},
keywords = {Twitter},
title = {Are there stars in Bluesky? A comparative exploratory analysis of altmetric mentions between X and Bluesky},
doi = {10.1016/j.joi.2025.101700},
author = {Arroyo-Machado, Wenceslao and Robinson-García, Nicolás and Torres-Salinas, Daniel},
}