Academia.edu: Social network or Academic Network?

Academic social network sites A cademia.edu and R esearchGate, and reference sharing sites M endeley, B ibsonomy, Z otero, and C ite UL ike, give scholars the ability to publicize their research outputs and connect with each other. With millions of users, these are a significant addition to the scholarly communication and academic information‐seeking eco‐structure. There is thus a need to understand the role that they play and the changes, if...