ABSTRACT

Universities are evaluated more often basing on the citation scores of their employees, schools translate this pressure onto the scholars. The purpose of this paper is twofold: to identify whether how the use of social networking sites (SNS) may enhance the impact of the research and thus contribute to the academic success in terms of citations; and to gain a more comprehensive understanding of which SNS may have a positive relation to the academic citations. This study drew from the research on social networks, SNS, and higher education; and empirical study results. Researcher’s SNS use is positively correlated with the academic citations rate – the higher the scholar’s presence in academic, professional, relationship, microblogging SNS, the higher scholarly success. This paper explores the association between the researcher’s social media presence on fathomable SNS (ResearchGate, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter) and the level of citations – academic success.

摘要

大学更经常根据其员工的引用分数进行评估，学校将这种压力转嫁给学者。本文的目的是双重的：确定社交网站 (SNS) 的使用是否可以增强研究的影响，从而有助于在引用方面的学术成功；并更全面地了解哪些 SNS 可能与学术引用有积极关系。本研究借鉴了对社交网络、SNS 和高等教育的研究；和实证研究结果。研究人员的 SNS 使用与学术引用率呈正相关——学者在学术、专业、关系、微博 SNS 中的存在越高，学术成功率越高。