ВИКОРИСТАННЯ СОЦІАЛЬНИХ МЕРЕЖ ДОСЛІДНИКАМИ ЗІ СХІДНОЇ ЄВРОПИ В ПЕРІОД ПАНДЕМІЇ COVID-19: ПЕРЕХРЕСНЕ ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ

Olena Zimba,Yaroslav Pavlovskyy,Marta Kowalska,Nataliia Humenetska,Ulyana Pidvalna,Oleh Danylyak

doi:10.25040/ntsh2021.01.21

Abstract

Social media platforms are essential for online scholarly activities in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their use is critical in countries of non-mainstream science. This study aimed to evaluate the role of social media in scholarly activities in Eastern Europe. We collected responses from 127 scholars from Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, and other Eastern European countries. They mainly reported spending 1-2 hours on social media activities. ResearchGate, Facebook, and LinkedIn were the most popular channels for post-publication article promotion. Only 17.3% of respondents were familiar with metrics generated by Altmetric.com and Plum Analytics. Increasing awareness of the role of social media platforms and metrics for scholarly purposes requires more attention in Eastern Europe

Highlights

The COVID-19 pandemic has substantively influenced the established education models, research activities, and scholarly networking worldwide [1]
This study aimed to evaluate the role of social media in scholarly activities in Eastern Europe
The unprecedented restrictions of face-to-face communication, limited access to patients in clinical settings, and difficulties with scientific information generation and processing have all switched the global attention to online research and communication

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Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic has substantively influenced the established education models, research activities, and scholarly networking worldwide [1]. The unprecedented restrictions of face-to-face communication, limited access to patients in clinical settings, and difficulties with scientific information generation and processing have all switched the global attention to online research and communication. Social media platforms are becoming essential tools for various professional activities, including research and post-publication promotion [2]. Social media facilitate international research in specific scientific fields and emergency networking of scholars [3]. Online visibility of scholars and ease of navigation across social media offer numerous advantages for research, clinical work, and education. The unawareness of the benefits and insufficient population of social media platforms by scholars, in non-mainstream science countries, are becoming a big issue

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