Christoph Lutz
I am a researcher at BI Norwegian Business School Oslo. My work is in the field of new communication technologies and social media, where I investigate digital inequalities, online participation, trust, privacy and the sharing economy. I have a background in sociology, economics and media science, but I like interdisciplinarity and am open to different and challenging perspectives and ideas.... That's what makes great research in my opinion!
Address: BI Norwegian Business School
Nydalsveien 37
0484 Oslo
Norway
Address: BI Norwegian Business School
Nydalsveien 37
0484 Oslo
Norway
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Our aim is twofold: Firstly, we outline the state of research on and with scientific SNS. We show how such data is useful both to enhance our knowledge in the sociology of science and for practical purposes. Secondly, we present preliminary results of a research project with ResearchGate. Drawing on data from this SNS we describe the scholarly network of the Business Innovation area of the University of St. Gallen.
Our analysis proceeds in three steps: First, we describe the network structure in terms of classical SNA metrics. Second, we analyze whether researchers’ network centrality is associated with other metrics of influence, namely: (a) activity on the platform (b) traditional metrics of scholarly influence (i.e. mainly bibliographic criteria), and (c) academic position. Third, we compare the network structure with that of participants' co-authorship pattern.
Our findings show that activity on the platform is the best predictor of impact within the network, while publication success and academic play less of a role. Implications for research and practice are provided."