Use of author identifier services (ORCID, ResearcherID) and academic social networks (Academia.edu, ResearchGate) by the researchers of the University of Caen Normandy (France): A case study

Boudry, Christophe; Durand-Barthez, Manuel

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0238583

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“…Thus, our rate of active Twitter users among researchers is closer to those recently described among health policy and health services researchers (30%) or among researchers publishing in anesthesia journals (between 22% and 25%) [6,19]. Similarly, the rate of use of ResearchGate appears similar to those described among academic researchers publishing in medical journals (between 45% and 70%) [6,20,21]. We can therefore assume that our data collection was relatively exhaustive in the study population.…”

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“…Over the period 2016-2020, researchers with a ResearchGate account had more (median [IQR]) scientific publications (33 vs. 26 ; P=.03; Figure 2A) and a higher h-index (9 [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] vs. 8 [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]; P=.03; Figure 2B). There was no difference (median [IQR]) between researchers with a ResearchGate account and those without it concerning the number of citations per publication (11.45 Among researchers with a ResearchGate account, there was a correlation between the number of followers and the number of scientific publications (r=0.78; 95% CI 0.70-0.85; P<.001), the h-index (r=0.72; 95% CI 0.62-0.80; P<.001), the number of citations per publication (r=0.34; 95% CI 0.17-0.50; P<.001), and the overall number of citations (r=0.65; 95% CI 0.53-0.75; P<.001).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In a globalized world, social networks have now taken a major place in the scientific field and are essential tools for promoting research and researchers (including the recruitment or the promotion of a researcher) [1][2][3]. Twitter is a microblogging service that allows its users to blog through short messages (ie, tweets).…”

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The Association Between Professional Accounts on Social Networks Twitter and ResearchGate and the Number of Scientific Publications and Citations Among Anesthesia Researchers: Observational Study

Clavier¹,

Occhiali²,

Demailly³

et al. 2021

J Med Internet Res

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Background Social networks are now essential tools for promoting research and researchers. However, there is no study investigating the link between presence or not on professional social networks and scientific publication or citation for a given researcher. Objective The objective of this study was to study the link between professional presence on social networks and scientific publications/citations among anesthesia researchers. Methods We included all the French full professors and associate professors of anesthesia. We analyzed their presence on the social networks Twitter (professional account with ≥1 tweet over the 6 previous months) and ResearchGate. We extracted their bibliometric parameters for the 2016-2020 period via the Web of Science Core Collection (Clarivate Analytics) database in the Science Citation Index-Expanded index. Results A total of 162 researchers were analyzed; 42 (25.9%) had an active Twitter account and 110 (67.9%) a ResearchGate account. There was no difference between associate professors and full professors regarding active presence on Twitter (8/23 [35%] vs. 34/139 [24.5%], respectively; P=.31) or ResearchGate (15/23 [65%] vs. 95/139 [68.3%], respectively; P=.81). Researchers with an active Twitter account (median [IQR]) had more scientific publications (45 [28-61] vs. 26 [12-41]; P<.001), a higher h-index (12 [8-16] vs. 8 [5-11]; P<.001), a higher number of citations per publication (12.54 [9.65-21.8] vs. 10.63 [5.67-16.10]; P=.01), and a higher number of citations (563 [321-896] vs. 263 [105-484]; P<.001). Researchers with a ResearchGate account (median [IQR]) had more scientific publications (33 [17-47] vs. 26 [9-43]; P=.03) and a higher h-index (9 [6-13] vs. 8 [3-11]; P=.03). There was no difference between researchers with a ResearchGate account and those without it concerning the number of citations per publication and overall number of citations. In multivariate analysis including sex, academic status, and presence on social networks, the presence on Twitter was associated with the number of publications (β=20.2; P<.001), the number of citations (β=494.5; P<.001), and the h-index (β=4.5; P<.001). Conclusions Among French anesthesia researchers, an active presence on Twitter is associated with higher scientific publication and citations.

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confidence: 74%

Section: Scientific Publication and Citation According To The Presence Or Absence Of A Researchgate Accountmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Association Between Professional Accounts on Social Networks Twitter and ResearchGate and the Number of Scientific Publications and Citations Among Anesthesia Researchers: Observational Study

Clavier¹,

Occhiali²,

Demailly³

et al. 2021

J Med Internet Res

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“…Some of these sites (for example, ResearchGate and SciHub) have been sued by commercial publishers for allowing posting of full text publications, which were protected by copyright. These sites provide benefits that are not available with conventional tools (Boudry & Durand-Barthez, 2020):…”

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2022

Driving Science Information Discovery in the Digital Age

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“…1 3 , and academic social network site4 . Citations, reads, RG Score, h-index, comments, personal communication via the platform and much more…”

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ResearchGate, a Scientific Social Network, which Is Working as Growing Database and Cannot be Ignored neither Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons nor Publishers

Tymofieiev¹,

Fesenko²

2021

J. Diagn. Treat. Oral Maxillofac. Pathol.

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ResearchGate (RG) was launched in May 2008 by two physicians (Ijad Madisch and Sören Hofmayer) and computer scientist Horst Fickenscher as a social network platform for scientists, which is counting 20 million users.2 RG is also named as networked socio-technical system for scholarly communication3, academic social network site3, and academic social network site4. Citations, reads, RG Score, h-index, comments, personal communication via the platform and much more functions of RG are so impressive for every author. Moreover, the collection of articles` titles and abstracts/summaries with a “search” option made RG a new sophisticated database. The principles of RG are helping to increase the dissemination of practical orientated science like the oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMS). In RG`s we can find the articles from open access OMS journals like Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons,5,6 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Cases,7,8 etc. RG option “Citations” is more than useful for editorial offices and publishers as it helps to track the citation in the journals included to Scopus. It facilitates monitoring of the implementation/ compliance of one of the 14 journal selection criteria for inclusion into Scopus. “Citednes of journal articles in Scopus” is important criteria from a category Journal Standing.9 Citation of the articles published in our journal is easy to track with the RG. For example: the article of Le et al10,11 was cited at June 16, 2021 by Weyh et al12,13 published in Atlas of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics. In summary, although discussions about the operation of the ResearchGate exist,14 the benefits of this growing platform as a database should not be underestimated.

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Use of author identifier services (ORCID, ResearcherID) and academic social networks (Academia.edu, ResearchGate) by the researchers of the University of Caen Normandy (France): A case study

Cited by 27 publications

References 41 publications

The Association Between Professional Accounts on Social Networks Twitter and ResearchGate and the Number of Scientific Publications and Citations Among Anesthesia Researchers: Observational Study

The Association Between Professional Accounts on Social Networks Twitter and ResearchGate and the Number of Scientific Publications and Citations Among Anesthesia Researchers: Observational Study

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ResearchGate, a Scientific Social Network, which Is Working as Growing Database and Cannot be Ignored neither Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons nor Publishers

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