Social network sites enable people to easily connect to and communicate with others.
Following the success of generic platforms such as Facebook, a variety of online services …

This article addresses the need for critical approaches to social media by bridging the focus
on language and other semiotic resources that characterises discourse studies with the …

Background: The emergence of web 2.0 and development of social media have strongly
affected sharing, collaborating, connecting, and evaluating in academic setting. This study …

The purpose of this paper was to assess the presence of researchers on two author identifier
services (ORCID and ResearcherID) and to compare the results with two academic social …

Social networks have become popular among researchers and scientists. Specialized
platforms for researchers offer many metrics and indicators which are used to evaluate …

Engaging in the international academic environment is now facilitated by a range of
Academic Social Networks (ASNs) that are being used by an increasing number of early …

Abstract Academic Social Networking Sites (ASNSs) are increasingly used by scholars to
create academic profiles, share research publications, and interact with peers, among many …

As one of the largest active academic social networking sites, ResearchGate (RG) has been
utilized by scholars to share publications, seek collaborators, communicate work in …

This study investigates motivations for self‐archiving research items on academic social
networking sites (ASNSs). A model of these motivations was developed based on two …

This paper aims for a better understanding of the perspectives of contributors to Spanish
academic journals regarding open access, open peer review, and altmetrics. Specifically, it …