The Use of Academic Social Networks Among Arab Researchers: A Survey

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 378-391

  Elsayed, Amany M ^a,b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b HELWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

academic social networks; Arab researchers; informal scholarly communication; scholarly social networking sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966474668     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439315589146     Document Type: Article

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