TY - JOUR
T1 - A global questionnaire survey of the scholarly communication attitudes and behaviours of early career researchers
AU - Nicholas, David
AU - Jamali, Hamid R.
AU - Herman, Eti
AU - Watkinson, Anthony
AU - Abrizah, Abdullah
AU - Rodríguez-Bravo, Blanca
AU - Boukacem-Zeghmouri, Cherifa
AU - Xu, Jie
AU - Świgoń, Marzena
AU - Polezhaeva, Tatiana
PY - 2020/7/10
Y1 - 2020/7/10
N2 - This article describes an international study informed by a 3-year-long qualitative longitudinal project, which sought to discover the scholarly communication attitudes and behaviour of early career researchers (ECRs). Using a combination of small-scale interviews and a larger-scale survey, ECRs were questioned on their searching and reading behaviour, publishing practices, open data, and their use of social media. Questionnaire invitations were sent out via publisher lists, social media networks, university research networks, and specialist ECR membership organizations. One-thousand and six-hundred responses were received, with many coming from China, Russia, and Poland. Results showed that ECRs are adopting millennial-facing tools/platforms, with Google, Google Scholar, social media, and smartphones becoming embedded in their scholarly activities. Open data sharing obtains widespread support but somewhat less practice. There are some differences in attitudes and behaviour according to age and subject specialism.
AB - This article describes an international study informed by a 3-year-long qualitative longitudinal project, which sought to discover the scholarly communication attitudes and behaviour of early career researchers (ECRs). Using a combination of small-scale interviews and a larger-scale survey, ECRs were questioned on their searching and reading behaviour, publishing practices, open data, and their use of social media. Questionnaire invitations were sent out via publisher lists, social media networks, university research networks, and specialist ECR membership organizations. One-thousand and six-hundred responses were received, with many coming from China, Russia, and Poland. Results showed that ECRs are adopting millennial-facing tools/platforms, with Google, Google Scholar, social media, and smartphones becoming embedded in their scholarly activities. Open data sharing obtains widespread support but somewhat less practice. There are some differences in attitudes and behaviour according to age and subject specialism.
KW - early career researchers
KW - scholarly communication attitudes and behaviours
KW - survey
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85078846071&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85078846071&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/leap.1286
DO - 10.1002/leap.1286
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85078846071
SN - 0953-1513
VL - 33
SP - 197
EP - 210
JO - Learned Publishing
JF - Learned Publishing
IS - 3
ER -