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Academic social networking sites

open access: yesInformation and Learning Science, 2017
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare four popular academic social networking sites (ASNSs), namely, ResearchGate, Academia.edu, Mendeley and Zotero. Design/methodology/approach Evaluation method has been used with the help of checklist covering various features of ASNSs.
Ann E. Williams, Melissa A. Woodacre
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The impact of social networking sites on students’ social wellbeing and academic performance

Education and Information Technologies, 2019
Social networking sites have played an important role in enhancing students’ social presence. As an educational tool for online courses, they have significantly contributed in promoting students’ motivation for learning. The aim of this research is to investigate the impact of social networking sites on students’ academic performance.
Sarminah Samad   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Research on pathways of expert finding on academic social networking sites

Information Processing & Management, 2021
Abstract The advent of academic social networking sites (ASNS) has provided a more convenient way for users to seek out experts. This paper uses ResearchGate to explore the features of pathways through four different tasks, combined with questionnaires and interviews.
Dan Wu 0003, Shu Fan, Fang Yuan
openaire   +2 more sources

Social networking and academic performance: A review

open access: yesEducation and Information Technologies, 2017
The ubiquitous use of social networking sites by students and the potentialimpacts of such use on academic performance are of both theoretical and practicalimportance.
Doleck, Tenzin, Susanne Lajoie
exaly   +2 more sources

Interaction on An Academic Social Networking Sites

Proceedings of the 18th ACM/IEEE on Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, 2018
Online information interaction on academic social networking sites (ASNSs) has been increasingly popular in recent years. It is unclear whether these sites have satisfied scholars' needs for interaction. This study investigates what scholars ask about, what features the questions and answers convey, and what socio-emotional reactions during the ...
Shengli Deng   +2 more
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ResearchGate: An Academic Social Networking Site

The Charleston Advisor, 2015
ResearchGate is an academic social networking site, designed strictly for researchers. The site allows researchers to discuss their topics of interests, connect with other researchers, and share their published and unpublished scholarly work such as articles, conference presentations, and other media files.
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Disciplinary differences in the use of academic social networking sites

Online Information Review, 2015
Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to detect and describe disciplinary differences in the users and use of several social networking sites by scientists.Design/methodology/approach– Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) (Spanish National Research Council) researchers registered in the most currently relevant academic social network ...
openaire   +2 more sources

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