Social media has become integrated into the fabric of the scholarly communication system in
fundamental ways, principally through scholarly use of social media platforms and the …

Altmetrics is an emergent research area whereby social media is applied as a source of
metrics to assess scholarly impact. In the last few years, the interest in altmetrics has grown …

Social network sites enable people to easily connect to and communicate with others.
Following the success of generic platforms such as Facebook, a variety of online services …

Purpose Academic social network site (ASNS) is a new form of academic service in the
social media age, and the study of ASNS user behavior is of great significance to academic …

The large multidisciplinary academic social website ResearchGate aims to help academics
to connect with each other and to publicize their work. Despite its popularity, little is known …

The academic social network site ResearchGate (RG) has its own indicator, RG Score, for its
members. The high profile nature of the site means that the RG Score may be used for …

Validity and reliability are long established as central tenets of ensuring good quality
research. However, safeguarding validity and reliability can be challenging within the …

This study explores the impact of academic social networks (ASNs) on the quantity and
character of social capital in the academic community of South East Europe (SEE). ASNs are …

ResearchGate and Academia. edu have been increasingly acknowledged as the most
popular academic social network sites (ASNS) for scholarly communication. Along with their …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the usage and utility of ResearchGate
(RG), which is a social networking site where scientists disseminate their work and build …