Research universities on the ResearchGate social networking site: An examination of institutional differences, research activity level, and social networks formed
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Highlights：
• Scholarly reputational metrics in ResearchGate reflect research activity level.
• There are institutional differences in reputational metrics in ResearchGate.
• Users commonly follow peers from the same institution.
• Users primarily follow others from higher research activity level universities.
• High research activity level universities formulate a rich-club phenomenon.
摘要
•Scholarly reputational metrics in ResearchGate reflect research activity level.•There are institutional differences in reputational metrics in ResearchGate.•Users commonly follow peers from the same institution.•Users primarily follow others from higher research activity level universities.•High research activity level universities formulate a rich-club phenomenon.
论文关键词：Academic social networking site,Research reputation,Institutional difference,Research activity level,ResearchGate
论文评审过程：Received 21 April 2017, Revised 8 August 2017, Accepted 8 August 2017, Available online 22 February 2018, Version of Record 22 February 2018.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2017.08.002
