Blog Citations as Indicators of the Societal Impact of Research : Content Analysis of Social Sciences Blogs
This article analyzes motivations behind social sciences blog posts citing journal articles in order to find out whether blog citations are good indicators for the societal impact or benefits of research. A random sample of 300 social sciences blog posts (out of 1,233 blog posts) from ResearchBloggi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Research Institute for Knowledge Content Development & Technology
2015-06-01
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Series: | International Journal of Knowledge Content Development and Technology |
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Online Access: | http://ijkcdt.net/xml/04191/04191.pdf |