Social media and research workflow

Abstract

The aims of this study are to answer the following questions: are social media impacting upon researcher workflows? if so, how should publishers and librarians respond? how influential are age and other factors in shaping the demand for social media? This report is an exploratory data analysis of the preferences, perceptions and self-reported behaviour of nearly two thousand (1,923) researchers who are currently using social media tools to support their research activities. In the analysis presented here we use a contrast group of 491 researchers who have yet to use social media in this way to get a little closer to understanding the factors that shape demand and take up.