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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Journal of information science |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 23 Nov 2022 |
Abstract
The visibility of individual scientists and their academic performance plays a major role in gaining the creditability to get funded and to advance in academic positions. Therefore, web presences are increasingly used to boost one’s own visibility, disseminate research results and keep up to date with the research of others. However, previous reports show that these channels are not used equally by all scientists. Our study therefore investigates how faculty members (N = 868) at all universities in Lower Saxony (Germany) in the disciplines of physics, biology and chemistry present themselves on institutional websites and professional networking sites. We find that online presentations on institutional websites are mostly rudimentary. In contrast, there are more informative self-presentations on professional networking sites for both established (professors) and less-established (only PhD holders) faculty members. Our figures confirm observations that scientists present themselves online, but less-established ones seem to find less-supportive environments in academic institutions.
Keywords
- Faculty members, institutional websites, online presence, professional networking sites, university
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science(all)
- Information Systems
- Social Sciences(all)
- Library and Information Sciences
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In: Journal of information science, 23.11.2022.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Hidden in the light:
T2 - Scientists’ online presence on institutional websites and professional networking sites
AU - Paruschke, Laura
AU - Philipps, Axel
N1 - Acknowledgments: The authors thank Eva Barlösius for constructive comments on previous versions of the paper as well as Sherin Al Aoua, Viktoria Fixel, Malin Sappa, and Leonie Weißenborn for helping us to collect the data.
PY - 2022/11/23
Y1 - 2022/11/23
N2 - The visibility of individual scientists and their academic performance plays a major role in gaining the creditability to get funded and to advance in academic positions. Therefore, web presences are increasingly used to boost one’s own visibility, disseminate research results and keep up to date with the research of others. However, previous reports show that these channels are not used equally by all scientists. Our study therefore investigates how faculty members (N = 868) at all universities in Lower Saxony (Germany) in the disciplines of physics, biology and chemistry present themselves on institutional websites and professional networking sites. We find that online presentations on institutional websites are mostly rudimentary. In contrast, there are more informative self-presentations on professional networking sites for both established (professors) and less-established (only PhD holders) faculty members. Our figures confirm observations that scientists present themselves online, but less-established ones seem to find less-supportive environments in academic institutions.
AB - The visibility of individual scientists and their academic performance plays a major role in gaining the creditability to get funded and to advance in academic positions. Therefore, web presences are increasingly used to boost one’s own visibility, disseminate research results and keep up to date with the research of others. However, previous reports show that these channels are not used equally by all scientists. Our study therefore investigates how faculty members (N = 868) at all universities in Lower Saxony (Germany) in the disciplines of physics, biology and chemistry present themselves on institutional websites and professional networking sites. We find that online presentations on institutional websites are mostly rudimentary. In contrast, there are more informative self-presentations on professional networking sites for both established (professors) and less-established (only PhD holders) faculty members. Our figures confirm observations that scientists present themselves online, but less-established ones seem to find less-supportive environments in academic institutions.
KW - Faculty members
KW - institutional websites
KW - online presence
KW - professional networking sites
KW - university
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U2 - 10.15488/14662
DO - 10.15488/14662
M3 - Article
JO - Journal of information science
JF - Journal of information science
SN - 0165-5515
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