Social4Science: Mapping Trends and Patterns in Discussions of Scientific Publications on Social Media

Resumo

With the growing use of social media, it has become increasingly important to understand how scientific publications are disseminated and discussed on these online platforms. Analyzing this data on the interaction and circulation of scientific research has been investigated in altmetrics studies and can provide valuable information on how science is perceived and shared by the general public. This work aims to propose a platform for collecting and analyzing social data related to scientific publications, with a focus on the video-sharing platform YouTube. By collecting data from YouTube, the platform seeks to understand how scientific publications are disseminated and discussed on social media. In the solution developed, called Social4Science, it is possible to obtain social data from YouTube and correlate it with scientific data from publications. This approach makes it possible to identify trends and patterns in discussions about scientific publications on social media. The results obtained show that the proposed platform is very promising in providing a deeper understanding of the interaction between science and the public, and also opens up possibilities for future studies on this subject.