Top Science Writers on Twitter
Continuing on the theme of top N Twitter accounts to follow for Genetics and Genomics, now we look at science writers who are active in Twitter and worth following on Twitter. Most of the science writers have a broad interest in Science, not necessarily just genetics/genomics. From our relatively short experience on Twitter, we think these science writers/reporters/bloggers cover topics intersting biologists on Twitter.
There is no doubt this top N Science writers on Twitter list is incomplete and there are many more interesting writers on Twitter. This list is just a beginning, please tweet @nextgenseek for other tweeting science writers.
Here is the top Science writers who are active in twitter with their Twitter bio and Tweet stats. These Science writers are either at major blogs in Wired and journals like Nature.
carlzimmer @carlzimmer
Science writer: champion of underappreciated life forms. New book: Evolution: Making Sense of Life. http://carlzimmer.com/books/evolution-making-sense/ Connecticut · http://carlzimmer.com
- Tweets: 9,395
- Following: 334
- Followers: 113,574
Ed Yong @edyong209
Science writer, freelance journalist, geek, husband, creator of Not Exactly Rocket Science. I cover the wow beat. http://flavors.me/edyong London, UK · http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience
- Tweets: 49,720
- Following: 1,043
- Followers: 24,181
Steve Silberman @stevesilberman
Investigative reporter for Wired & other magazines, writing a book about autism/neurodiversity for Avery/Penguin 2013. One of @time’s selected science tweeters. San Francisco · http://blogs.plos.org/neurotribes
- Tweets: 35,113
- Following: 3,624
- Followers: 23,893
Matthew Herper @matthewherper
Forbes reporter covering science and medicine New York · http://blogs.forbes.com/matthewherper
- Tweets: 14,111
- Following: 1,229
- Followers: 17,925
Bora Zivkovic @BoraZ
Blogs Editor at Scientific American. Visiting Scholar at NYU school of journalism. Organizer of ScienceOnline. My tweets are my own. Chapel Hill NC · http://coturnix.org
- Tweets: 97,253
- Following: 8,828
- Followers: 16,325
Ivan Oransky @ivanoransky
Executive editor, Reuters Health; journalism adjunct, NYU; blogger, Embargo Watch and Retraction Watch; AHCJ treasurer; Zinfandel drinker. New York and Northampton, MA · http://retractionwatch.com
- Tweets: 15,224
- Following: 2,007
- Followers: 13,033
Noah Gray @noahWG
Senior editor at Nature. I read about neuroscience. These thoughts are mine alone since nobody else will take responsibility.
New York City · http://gplus.to/noahwg
- Tweets: 15,905
- Following: 400
- Followers: 10,889
David Dobbs @David_Dobbs
Write 4 NY Times, NatGeo, Atlantic, NYT Mag, Slate, Nature. Blog @wired. Author ‘My Mother’s Lover,’ ‘Reef Madness’ & other books; 5th underway. daviddobbs.net Montpelier, VT · http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/neuronculture
- Tweets: 29,341
- Following: 843
- Followers: 9,470
Adam Rogers @jetjocko
Senior Editor at Wired. Host of the Storyboard podcast. I cover science and miscellaneous geekery, and I’m writing a book about the science of booze. California
- Tweets: 9,130
- Following: 331
- Followers: 6,874
Luke Timmerman @ldtimmerman
National Biotechnology Editor, Xconomy. Runner, mountaineer, and fan of the Green Bay Packers. Seattle · http://www.xconomy.com/
- Tweets: 4,781
- Following: 596
- Followers: 6,074
Brendan Maher @bmahersciwriter
Writer and Editor working for Nature (although views expressed here are my own).
- Tweets: 5,078
- Following: 795
- Followers: 5,536
Dan Vorhaus @genomicslawyer
News and notes from the frontier of genomics, personalized medicine and the law. New York, NY · http://www.genomicslawreport.com/
- Tweets: 6,987
- Following: 417
- Followers: 4,944
Emily Willingham @ejwillingham
Science writer: Slate, Grist, SciAmBlogs, The Scientist, Backpacker, others. Science editor, Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism The World · http://www.emilywillinghamphd.com/
- Tweets: 30,980
- Following: 1,620
- Followers: 3,713
Erika Check Hayden @Erika_Check
Biomedical reporter @naturenews, instructor at http://scicom.ucsc.edu/. Light tweets through January 2013. Bay Area · http://www.erikacheck.com
Razib Khan @razibkhan
Genes rule! USA · http://www.razib.com
- Tweets: 7,336
- Following: 162
- Followers: 2,368
Ewen Callaway @ewencallaway
I write about biology, medicine and, when I’m lucky, Neanderthals for @naturenews. Half-baked opinions my own. London · http://nature.com/news
- Tweets: 1,217
- Following: 568
- Followers: 1,801
Great site and great compilations. I would also recommend @DaleYuzuki – a long-time NGS sales and marketing guy who writes great blog posts and tweets too. I have written periodically about GNOM, PACB, ILMN, etc on my BiotechDueDiligence website.
totally agree. I started following @DaleYuzuki after publishing the top N Twitter list.