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https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.9b01273

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007513

https://blogs.plos.org/scicomm/2019/06/18/a-nifty-guide-for-academics-on-using-twitter/

https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/ten-tips-tweeting-research-academic

https://plantae.org/how-top-scientists-use-twitter-to-support-their-research/

https://www.physoc.org/magazine-articles/scientists-and-social-media-can-you-tweet-your-way-to-impact/

https://www.fasttrackimpact.com/post/2018/02/16/how-to-generate-research-impact-from-twitter-and-linkedin

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229446

Work, education, publication; simplified CV

Used by many journals to identify authors

Strongly recommended for people interested in an academic career

All lab members should sign up for an account and fill out the basic info

Publication list and citation statistics

Email notifications of new publications based on keyword/people

Strongly recommended for people interested in an academic career

More limited than Google Scholar

Includes contribution as editors/reviewers

Recommended for people interested in an academic career

“Facebook for industry”

Strongly recommended for people interested in moving to industry

Mattermost: option for self-hosting; takes effort & resource to setup but offers privacy/security

Discord: easy to use; privacy concern

Slack: good integration with other tools; free plan is limited, paid plans can be expensive for large teams