The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by a bulk of scientific research and related Twitter discussions. To unravel the public concerns about the COVID-19 crisis reflected in the science-based Twitter conversations, this study tracked the Twitter attention around the COVID-19 research efforts during the first three months of 2020. On the basis of nearly 1.4 million Twitter mentions of 6,162 COVID-19-related scientific publications, we investigated the temporal tweeting dynamic and the Twitter users involved in the online discussions around COVID-19-related research. The results show that the quantity of Twitter mentions of COVID-19-related publications was on rising. Scholarly-oriented Twitter users played an influential role in disseminating research outputs on COVID-19, with their tweets being frequently retweeted. Over time, a change in the focus of the Twitter discussions can be observed, from the initial attention to virological and clinical research to more practical topics, such as the potential treatments, the countermeasures by the governments, the healthcare measures, and the influences on the economy and society, in more recent times.

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跟踪 Twitter 对 COVID-19 大流行研究工作的关注

COVID-19 大流行的爆发伴随着大量科学研究和相关的 Twitter 讨论。为了解开公众对基于科学的 Twitter 对话所反映的 COVID-19 危机的担忧，本研究跟踪了 2020 年前三个月 Twitter 对 COVID-19 研究工作的关注。基于近 140 万次 Twitter 提及在 6,162 篇与 COVID-19 相关的科学出版物中，我们调查了时间推文动态以及参与围绕 COVID-19 相关研究的在线讨论的 Twitter 用户。结果表明，Twitter 上提及 COVID-19 相关出版物的数量正在上升。以学术为导向的 Twitter 用户在传播有关 COVID-19 的研究成果方面发挥了重要作用，他们的推文经常被转发。随着时间的推移，