Scientists’ use of social media: The case of researchers at the University of the Philippines Los Baños

Cruz, Florante; Jamias, Serlie B.

doi:10.5210/fm.v18i4.4296

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“…More precisely, research conducted by CIBER (cited in Cruz and Jamias 2013) showed that researchers use social media at all stages in their research workflow, but particularly for: 1. identification of research opportunities 2. identification of potential collaboration with peers outside their immediate network 3. securing research funding support 4. review of literature 5. collection of research data 6. analysis of research data 7. dissemination of findings 8. management of the research process…”

Section: Web 20 Social Media and Networking Sitesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For instance, Mendeley and Twitter are becoming increasingly well integrated in researchers' workflows and processes. Mendeley seems to be particularly useful for reviewing the literature, along with wikis, Google Docs or Academia (Cruz and Jamias 2013). Other studies -for instance, Coppock and Davis (2013) -argue however that social media do not bring anything more to the discovery of research information as this function is already well performed by existing commercial platforms and associated tools.…”

Section: Rate Of Adoption Of Web 20 Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Is Information-Seeking Behavior of Doctoral Students Changing?: A Review of the Literature (2010–2015)

Spezi

2016

New Review of Academic Librarianship

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The advent of the Internet and networked communications in the last 15 years has arguably considerably changed the information behaviours of doctoral students, including the discovery process. Information seeking includes initiating a search, constructing search strategies, locating and evaluating the identified sources. Current research on informationseeking behaviours is focusing on understanding how the Internet, social media and other technological and communication-based changes, including mobile technologies, have changed the way students seek information in order to understand the information behaviours of the students of tomorrow. This paper offers a review of the literature on information-seeking behaviours, with a particular focus on recent years (2010-15). It aims to determine whether notable changes in the information-seeking behaviour of doctoral students have emerged in recent years. The study shows that the information-seeking behaviours of doctoral students follow a steady trend, with some subtle changes, particularly in the (patchy) use of social media and networking sites. There appears to be more similarities than differences across disciplines in the information-seeking behaviours of doctoral students. Considerations to their information literacy skills are given to understand better the role supervisors and library staff can play to support the doctoral students population in the early stages of the research process.

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Section: Web 20 Social Media and Networking Sitesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Rate Of Adoption Of Web 20 Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Is Information-Seeking Behavior of Doctoral Students Changing?: A Review of the Literature (2010–2015)

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2016

New Review of Academic Librarianship

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“…Other social media had a considerably lower uptake in this group. Cruz and Jamias (2013) surveyed researchers at the University of the Philippines Los Baños on their use of social media. They found that awareness of social media did not indicate use.…”

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Researchers' use of social network sites: A scoping review

Kjellberg

Haider

Sundin

2016

Library & Information Science Research

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The study is a scoping review of 80 research articles in LIS and related fields (2004-2014) on the use of social network sites by researchers. The results show that social network sites are used as part of scholarly life, yet with disciplinary differences. It is also shown that the area lacks methodological, theoretical and empirical coherence and theoretical stringency. The most salient strands of research (General uptake, Outreach, Special tools/cases, Assessing impact, Practices/new modes of communication) are mapped and ways to improve research in the field are identified. This provides a first step towards a more comprehensive understanding of the roles of social network sites in scholarship.

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“…Their use of social media for academic activities is a process of satisfying specific needs and motivations. Awareness of social media tools roughly translates into actual use of social media (Cruz and Jamias, 2013). At the same time, researchers can deduce their attitudes through their external behavior and the prevailing environment.…”

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How researchers view altmetrics: an investigation of ISSI participants

Liu

Zhao

2020

AJIM

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore informetrics researchers' use of social media for academic activities, their attitudes to the applicability of altmetrics in research evaluation, the factors influencing their attitudes, and the main opportunities and weaknesses of using altmetrics.Design/methodology/approachA survey using a questionnaire was conducted with researchers who participated in the 16th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics ISSI 2017 and a sample of 125 respondents was obtained.FindingsProgressively more researchers are using social media for different types of academic activities. The study found that many factors affect informetrics researchers' attitudes in different application scenarios with respect to research evaluation. Researchers who have studied altmetrics and who began using social media platforms recently or frequently have more positive attitudes. Academic users and social users have statistically significantly disparate attitudes toward altmetrics in different disciplines and different application scenarios.Research limitations/implicationsOur study only focused on 125 informetrics researchers, who participated in ISSI 2017. We mainly used the questionnaire method, but did not conduct in-depth interviews with the researcher's views.Originality/valueInformetrics researchers are participants in social media and major researchers of altmetrics. Previous research has examined their use of social media, and this study combines this use of social media with their attitudes to altmetrics to explore the value of altmetrics from a particular perspective. The paper also provides suggestions for the application of altmetrics in research evaluation.

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Scientists’ use of social media: The case of researchers at the University of the Philippines Los Baños

Cited by 9 publications

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Is Information-Seeking Behavior of Doctoral Students Changing?: A Review of the Literature (2010–2015)

Is Information-Seeking Behavior of Doctoral Students Changing?: A Review of the Literature (2010–2015)

Researchers' use of social network sites: A scoping review

How researchers view altmetrics: an investigation of ISSI participants

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