The impact of electronic information on the academic research community

Bell, Alex

doi:10.1080/13614539709516750

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“…Harter (1998) measured the impact of e-journals applying the method of citation analysis and concluded that, with a few possible exceptions, the impact of e-journals on scientific communication has been minimal. Bell (1997) delves into the reasons for the low popularity of e-journals, based on an overview of studies examining the use of these journals. There are concerns about quality and loss of the browsing capacity.…”

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Searching scientific information on the Internet: A Dutch academic user survey

Voorbij¹

1999

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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Searching scientific information on the Internet: A Dutch academic user survey

Voorbij¹

1999

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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“…It is important to note that among scientists in the North the primary motivation for adopting Internet technologies was for managing professional networks using email [ABELS & COVI & KLING, 1996;LIEBSCHER, 1997;KAMINER & BRAUNSTEIN, 1998;VOORBIJ, 1999;BELL, 1999]. Throughout the global diffusion of the Internet though, measurements of adoption and use have been a contentious issue [ROBINSON, 2003;.…”

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Internet practice and professional networks in Chilean science: Dependency or progress?

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The conventional view depicts scientific communities in the developing world as globally isolated and dependent. Recent studies suggest that individual scientists tend to favor either local or international ties. Yet there are good reasons to believe that both kinds of ties are beneficial for knowledge production. Since they allow for the more efficient management of social networks, Internet technologies are expected to resolve this inverse relationship. They are also expected to decentralize access to resources within developing regions that have traditionally reflected an urban male bias. Elaborating upon science, development and social network perspectives, we examine the impact of the Internet in the Chilean scientific community, addressing the questions 'to what extent is Internet use and experience associated with the size of foreign and domestic professional networks?' and 'are professional network resources equitably distributed across regional and demographical dimensions?' We offer results from a communication network survey of 337 Chilean researchers working in both academic departments and research institutes. We introduce a new measure, 'collaboration range', to indicate the extent to which scientists engage in work with geographically dispersed contacts. Results suggest that larger foreign networks are associated with higher email use and diversity, but local networks are smaller with longer use of the Internet. Diversity of email use is also associated with diverse geographical networks. Moreover, Internet use may be reducing the significance of international meetings for scientific collaboration and networking. Finally, results also show that in the Internet age professional network resources are distributed symmetrically throughout the Chilean scientific community.

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“…Although 77.5% of the Internet users rated electronic journals as either important or very important, none of them could say how many journals they actually consulted. Of course, previous studies showed that the impact of electronic journals on scientific communication was minimal [12][13][14]. Therefore, it would seem that the rating of electronic journals by the Nigerian scientists is based on their expectations rather than on their experience of actual use.…”

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Internet resources and productivity in scientific research in Nigerian universities

Ehikhamenor

2003

Journal of Information Science

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This study explores the impact of the Internet on the scientific communication process and the productivity of the scientists in Nigerian universities. It was expected that, besides the direct contribution of the Internet to research through access to vast stores of scientific information, the Internet would increase the number of colleagues a scientist communicates with on a regular basis, and consequently stimulate higher productivity. The results show that, while there is a correlation between the number of contacts maintained by the scientists and their productivity, the Internet contributes little to increasing those contacts or improving productivity.

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The impact of electronic information on the academic research community

Cited by 12 publications

References 22 publications

Searching scientific information on the Internet: A Dutch academic user survey

Searching scientific information on the Internet: A Dutch academic user survey

Internet practice and professional networks in Chilean science: Dependency or progress?

Internet resources and productivity in scientific research in Nigerian universities

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