Blog Citations as Indicators of the Societal Impact of Research : Content Analysis of Social Sciences Blogs

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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Main Authors: Hamid R. Jamali, Dariush Alimohammadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Research Institute for Knowledge Content Development & Technology 2015-06-01
Series:International Journal of Knowledge Content Development and Technology
Subjects:
Blog Citations
Altmetrics
Research
Societal Impact
Weblogs
Online Access:http://ijkcdt.net/xml/04191/04191.pdf

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