The role of the Internet in informal scholarly communication

dc.accessRightsAnonymous
dc.audienceWissenschaft
dc.contributor.authorBarjak, Franz
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-05T15:43:21Z
dc.date.available2015-10-05T15:43:21Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractThe present analysis looks at how scientists use the Internet for informal scientific communication. It investigates the relationship between several explanatory variables and Internet use in a cross-section of scientists from seven European countries and five academic disciplines (astronomy, chemistry, computer science, economics, and psychology). The analysis confirmed some of the results of previous U.S.-based analyses. In particular, it corroborated a positive relationship between research productivity and Internet use. The relationship was found to be nonlinear, with very productive (nonproductive) scientists using the Internet less (more) than would be expected according to their productivity. Also, being involved in collaborative R&D and having large networks of collaborators is associated with increased Internet use. In contrast to older studies, the analysis did not find any equalizing effect whereby higher Internet use rates help to overcome the problems of potentially disadvantaged researchers. Obviously, everybody who wants to stay at the forefront of research and keep up-to-date with developments in their research fields has to use the Internet.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11654/9874
dc.language.isoen_UK
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of the American Society for Information Science and Technologyen_US
dc.subjectWissenschaft
dc.subjectInternet
dc.subjectWissenschaftskommunikation
dc.subjecte-science
dc.subject.ddc330 - Wirtschaft
dc.subject.ddc659 - Werbung & Public Releations (PR)
dc.titleThe role of the Internet in informal scholarly communication
dc.type01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
dc.volume57
dspace.entity.typePublication
fhnw.InventedHereYes
fhnw.ReviewTypeAnonymous ex ante peer review of a complete publication
fhnw.affiliation.hochschuleHochschule für Wirtschaftde_CH
fhnw.affiliation.institutInstitute for Competitiveness and Communicationde_CH
fhnw.pagination1350-1367
fhnw.publicationStateVeröffentlicht
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