Examining scholars' activity on a Chinese blogging and academic social network site

Chen, Xiuyu; Yang, Yang; Zhang, Pengyi

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Title

Examining scholars' activity on a Chinese blogging and academic social network site

Author(s)

• Chen, Xiuyu
• Yang, Yang
• Zhang, Pengyi

Issue Date

2020-03-23

Keyword(s)

• Academic social network site
• User activities
• Academic characteristics

Abstract

This study analyzes scholars' activity on a popular academic blogging and social network site (SNS) in China, ScienceNet. We collected blogs, comments, recommendations, likes, and user profile information and analyzed how different groups of users differ in their patterns of activity with others in different disciplines, professional ranks, and universities. Results indicate that: 1) scholars in management and mathematics are active in recommending and commenting other users; 2) scholars from well-known universities and research institutes often receive more comments and recommendations than those from other universities; 3) scholars with higher professional ranks are more active, and are more likely to receive comments and recommendations from others. These findings suggest different usage of academic SNS among scholars of different disciplines, ranks, and universities.

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2020 Proceedings

Type of Resource

• text
• image

Language

eng

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Copyright 2020 Xiuyu Chen, Yang Yang, and Pengyi Zhang

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