Research on academic social networking sites

Relationship of the platforms to Open Access Publishing Metrics Interactions with others through the platform User perspectives mixed Platform demographics and social structure

This page is an interactive bibliographic resource for empirical papers on the subject of academic social networking sites (such as Academia.edu, ResearchGate, and other platforms). You can contribute too! Please follow this link (opens in a new window) to submit new items.

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If you are using this tool for academic research, you may find the accompanying paper useful to cite: Jordan, K. (2019) From social networks to publishing platforms: a review of the history and scholarship of academic social network sites. Frontiers in Digital Humanities. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fdigh.2019.00005

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