Investigating Science Researchers' Presence on Academic Profile Websites: A Case Study of a Canadian Research University

Autor/inn/en	Zhang, Li; Li, Chen
Titel	Investigating Science Researchers' Presence on Academic Profile Websites: A Case Study of a Canadian Research University
Quelle	In: Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, (2020) 95, (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-1206
DOI	10.29173/istl51
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Research Universities; College Faculty; Teacher Researchers; Scientific Research; Web Sites; Profiles; Science Departments; Periodicals; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Forschungseinrichtung; Fakultät; Lehrerforschung; Web-Design; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Kanada
Abstract	Researchers are increasingly using academic profile websites (APWs) to organize and showcase their research outputs. Using the faculty at the science departments of the University of Saskatchewan, Canada as the study object, this research explores how science researchers used four APWs: ResearchGate, Google Scholar Citations, Academia.edu, and ORCID. It was found that 78% of the researchers had established at least one academic profile, with ResearchGate being the most popular platform, Google Scholar Citations the second, followed at some distance by ORCID and Academia.edu. A high percentage of ORCID users did not list any of their publications, meaning their presence on ORCID was merely symbolic. We also found that the social interaction functions provided by ResearchGate were not well adopted. Findings from this study call for improvements to the workflow of adding publications to ORCID profiles. In the meantime, in order to improve the effectiveness of ORCID, librarians may consider providing specific instructions on how to add publications to ORCID profiles from different sources as part of their promotional campaign of APWs. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01