Are papers addressing certain diseases perceived where these diseases are prevalent? The proposal to use Twitter data as social-spatial sensors

• Lutz Bornmann ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bornmann@gv.mpg.de

  Affiliation Division for Science and Innovation Studies, Administrative Headquarters of the Max Planck Society, Munich, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0810-7091

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• Robin Haunschild,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany

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• Vanash M. Patel

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Surgery and Cancer, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Wing, St. Mary’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom, Department of Colorectal Surgery, West Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Watford General Hospital, Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

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