Social networking and scientific communication: A paradoxical return to mertonian roots?

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 644-646

  Hogan, Niamh M ^a   Sweeney, Karl J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

computer mediated communications; scholarly communication; scholarly publishing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; FACEBOOK; OPEN COMMUNICATION; SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION; SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION;

COMMUNICATION;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84874233321     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.22842     Document Type: Article

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