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Use of social media (e.g. Facebook, ResearchGate, blogs, etc.) by academics to engage with other academics or students and to disseminate and publicize their research.

Social media refers to collaborative internet websites through which users (both administrators and visitors of the website) can exchange and share ideas and information such as academic topics.

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ResearchGate: an asset or a waste of time?

There are now many different ways to increase your research visibility: Google Scholar, laboratory/faculty/industry or even personal websites, and LinkedIn, to name a few. In your opinion, how does ResearchGate fit into all of this? Is it really a…
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How have perceptions of ResearchGate changed from 2014 to 2018?

About 4 years ago, a question was asked about usefulness of ResearchGate for academics. Judging by the most upvoted answers, the portal had a rather negative opinion back then. However, social media trends tend to change on much shorter timescales,…
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Is it okay to add a lecturer on LinkedIn

I'm a graduate student and I recently attended a course by a very inspiring lecturer (associate professor). Do you think it is okay add him on LinkedIn? Do I push him into an uncomfortable situation by doing that?
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How to satisfy PhD requirement that publications be available online when papers have been only just been accepted?

It is a requirement of my PhD to publish a certain number of papers. And for the papers to count, they need to be available online. I have deadline in my PhD study. I have three papers accepted in one journal. It will take time to be online. I can…
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How effective is the website Kudos in terms of spreading the word about one's research?

The website Kudos offers a service whereby researchers can set up a profile, choose their publications from a database and add a short summary of their content (not the original abstract). How effective is setting up a profile with Kudos adding…
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What is the etiquette surrounding tweeting authors of a paper queries about their work?

I came across a paper from a tweet by a researcher (in the field of computer science, specifically interpretable AI or Explainable AI). I had a query in that field, to answer which I could not find sufficient information online. So I was wondering…
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Is there a way to tell Academia.edu "My downloading a paper is not an opt-in to be spammed with ongoing related papers"?

I started exploring for sources for a paper I am working on on Academia.edu, downloaded a few papers, and got an annoying stream of (from my perspective) unsolicited related papers in my inbox. I tried to unsubscribe. I looked at another paper, and…
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Adding scanned awards and certificates to LinkedIn profile?

I have seen two extreme kinds of LinkedIn profiles: one with very few info and the other full of not only written details but also visual. I want to ask about your perception of the people who use the following LinkedIn feature quite…
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Research Gate does not count my citations

I have a question related to Reasearch Gate and citation count. My co-authors have uploaded some conference papers in which I was author too. I decide to create a profile in RG and when I do I realize that the citations from those papers do not…
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