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An Analysis Of Bibliographic References Collected By A Social Computing Group, C. Sean Burns
An Analysis Of Bibliographic References Collected By A Social Computing Group, C. Sean Burns
C. Sean Burns
This research presents an analysis of references collected by an established group of users who share a common interest on a social computing website. The purpose is to demonstrate how social computing functions as an instrument for measuring scholarly communication. The goal is twofold: to reveal how an analysis of the references collected by interested users compares to and complements citation studies.