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BOU promotes ornithology on Twitter
The BOU is the most active ornithology account on Twitter (@IBIS_journal) (table 1). Unlike other ornithology accounts we promote not only papers from our own journal, IBIS, but all ornithology papers we come across from all journals. If we see it, we promote it. The BOU is here to work for ornithology, and that includes you.
Table 1. Different ornithology Twitter accounts tweeting journal content (23 Jun 16)
In 2014 the BOU introduced the #ornithology tag on Twitter. The take up from other key ornithology accounts was immediate which soon saw many individuals using the #ornithology tag too for all their avian science tweets. The use of the #ornithology tag continues to grow (table 2).
Table 2. Summary of #ornithology usage, 2014 and 2015
In 2015 the BOU accounted for around 50% of content using the #ornithology tag on Twitter.
All this ornithology output means that we have an active and dynamic #ornithology community on Twitter. Tag us (@IBIS_journal) in your tweet if you want us to promote your work.
Our top three #ornithology tweets from 2015
View and share on Twitter Reached a potential audience of 512,934
Links to Walker, W.A., Fitzgerald, S.M. & Collins, P.W. 2015. Stomach contents of seven Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastra albatrus in the eastern North Pacific and Bering Sea. Marine Ornithology 43: 169–172.
View and share on Twitter Reached a potential audience of 302,300
Links to BBC news story: The bird that’s more valuable than ivory
View and share on Twitter Reached a potential audience of 218,818
Links to this theatlantic.com article: Why Birds Can Sleep on Branches and Not Fall Off
BOU promotes ornithology on Facebook
Facebook works very differently to Twitter. It is more passive and not as dynamic or immediate. It still delivers a significant audience for ornithology content and all of our original tweets are cross-posted to Facebook.
Our top two ornithology Facebook posts from 2015
View and share on Facebook Reached a potential audience of 29,176
Links to Di Vittorio, M., Ciaccio, A., Greci, S. & Luiselli, L. 2015. Ecological Modelling of the Distribution of the Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus feldeggii in Sicily at Two Spatial Scales. Ardeola 62:81-94.
View and share on Facebook Reached a potential audience of 14,285
Links to this Science article: How birds got their beaks
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