Academic social bookmarking: An empirical analysis of Connotea users

Du, Helen S.; Chu, Skw; Gorman, G.E.; Siu, Felix

doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2013.06.003

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“…Recent studies have attempted to determine the influence of social media platforms on scientists and scholarly communities [85]- [90]. A few studies have investigated the effects of SRMs on scholarly communities [91]- [93]. In a study on the effects of social media tools on researchers at six universities in the United Kingdom, Tenopir, Volentine, and King [94] found that around half of the 2,000 survey respondents read, viewed, and/or participated in at least one social media platform.…”

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Anatomy of scholarly information behavior patterns in the wake of academic social media platforms

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As more scholarly content is born digital or converted to a digital format, digital libraries are becoming increasingly vital to researchers seeking to leverage scholarly big data for scientific discovery. Although scholarly products are available in abundance-especially in environments created by the advent of social networking services-little is known about international scholarly information needs, information-seeking behavior, or information use. The purpose of this paper is to address these gaps via an in-depth analysis of the information needs and information-seeking behavior of researchers, both students and faculty, at two universities, one in the U.S. and the other in Qatar. Based on this analysis, the study identifies and describes new behavior patterns on the part of researchers as they engage in the information-seeking process. The analysis reveals that the use of academic social networks has notable effects on various scholarly activities. Further, this study identifies differences between students and faculty members in regard to their use of academic social networks, and it identifies differences between researchers according to discipline.Although the researchers who participated in the present study represent a range of disciplinary and cultural backgrounds, the study reports a number of similarities in terms of the researchers' scholarly activities.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

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“…It has a small user base but a computing focus with a substantial minority of conference papers (Borrego & Fry, 2012). Connotea (Du, Chu, Gorman, & Siu, 2014) was also a free social reference sharing site.…”

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Mendeley reader counts for US computer science conference papers and journal articles

Thelwall

2020

Quantitative Science Studies

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Although bibliometrics are normally applied to journal articles when used to support research evaluations, conference papers are at least as important in fast-moving computing-related fields. It is therefore important to assess the relative advantages of citations and altmetrics for computing conference papers to make an informed decision about which, if any, to use. This paper compares Scopus citations with Mendeley reader counts for conference papers and journal articles that were published between 1996 and 2018 in 11 computing fields and that had at least one US author. The data showed high correlations between Scopus citation counts and Mendeley reader counts in all fields and most years, but with few Mendeley readers for older conference papers and few Scopus citations for new conference papers and journal articles. The results therefore suggest that Mendeley reader counts have a substantial advantage over citation counts for recently published conference papers due to their greater speed, but are unsuitable for older conference papers.

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“…Digg is the most popular social bookmarking site, followed by Delicious. In this respect, Du et al (2014) also found that respondents are preferred to create and use their own bookmarks rather than sharing bookmarks created by others. Thus, these sites simplify the distribution of reference lists, bibliographies, papers and other resources among peers or students (Educause learning initiative, 2005).…”

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Adoption of Web 2.0 tools in higher education in India: a study

Singh¹

2018

Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication

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Purpose -The study aims to determine the awareness and extent of use of Web 2.0 technologies in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs).Design/methodology/approach -The study is a questionnaire-based survey on the usage of Web 2.0 technologies among students, research scholars and library and information science professionals of the IITs and IIMs. The research data of the respondents were acquired by visiting their respective institutes. The sample of the study reveals that 1,400 questionnaires were distributed among the users of select IITs and IIMs; 1,100 questionnaires were received, showing a response rate of 78.57 per cent.Findings -The findings of the study imply that young respondents are genuinely interested in the activities of Web 2.0. Also, respondents were found to be aware and making use of such applications in their research and academic works. Social networking sites have received prominent responses among all categories of respondents. Web 2.0 technologies are mostly used for exploring useful and up-to-date information, academic and research and socializing. The time consumption and fear of misusing personal information are major obstacles in accessing of Web 2.0.Research limitations/implications -This study encompasses the population of select IITs and IIMs.It also signifies the potential of Web 2.0 in the academia.Practical implications -This study profoundly demonstrates the impact of Web 2.0 technologies on higher education in India. This study may establish as a valuable guide for researchers in understanding Web 2.0 in its proper perspective.Originality/value -The research provides reliable and factual data, which are worth and justifiable and highlight the considerable observations on the topic, which will be very useful for researchers in this area.

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Academic social bookmarking: An empirical analysis of Connotea users

Cited by 8 publications

References 29 publications

Anatomy of scholarly information behavior patterns in the wake of academic social media platforms

Anatomy of scholarly information behavior patterns in the wake of academic social media platforms

Mendeley reader counts for US computer science conference papers and journal articles

Adoption of Web 2.0 tools in higher education in India: a study

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