(30 Mar 2023) Creating impact through research is the prime aim of most academics. However, considering academic impact, it is estimated that only 68 percent of social sciences research papers get cited, but only 20 percent of these are read by the academic community.
To be an open researcher is more than simply openly sharing research papers. Marcel Bogers and Ian McCarthy, draw on their research on open practices in business research to outline four ways of leveraging social media to be more ‘open’ as a researcher, the potential trade-offs this can entail, and how it can help forge connections beyond the ‘ivory tower’.
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