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Visualizing ResearchGate as a scholarly social networking site for U.S. research universities
Author(s) -
Zhang Yin,
Yan Weiwei
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
proceedings of the association for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.193
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 2373-9231
DOI - 10.1002/pra2.2018.14505501191
Subject(s) - reputation , social network analysis , sociology , social network (sociolinguistics) , public relations , scholarly communication , world wide web , political science , computer science , social media , social science , publishing , law
This poster showcases recent research on scholarly use of the social networking site ResearchGate (RG). It aims to depict how researchers from U.S. research universities utilize the site and how their use demonstrates institutional differences and forms social networks that mirror their scholarly reputation and status in reality.