Scientific communication strategies of microbiologists in the era of social media

Using an on-line survey we collected data from 527 scientists, with 219 participants directly working in the microbiology field and other 308 participants outside this field. We asked questions regarding the preferred vehicles used to stay updated with recent literature, to promote their science, to find collaborators, and we particularly focused on the role social media have in their scientific activities.<br>The collection of figures and tables contain the following:<br>- The original questionaire: <i>Survey.pdf</i>- Raw data from the survey:<i> Raw_data.xlsx</i>- Formatted data from the survey: <i>Formatted_data.xlsx</i>- Graphs summarizing the outcomes of the survey: <i>Summary_graphs.pdf</i><br><br>and supplementary material from the written manuscript: <b>Romano and Ansorge (2018), FEMS Microbiology Letters,<i> </i>doi: 10.1093/femsle/fny264<i><br></i></b>- Supplementary table <i>Tab_S1.xlsx</i> (table legend as sheet within file)<i><br></i>- Supplementary table <i>Tab_S2.xlsx</i> (table legend as sheet within file)- Supplementary table <i>Tab_S3.xlsx</i> (table legend as sheet within file)- Supplementary figures S1-S6: <i>Fig_S1_to_S6.pdf</i><br>