Researchers' judgment criteria of high-quality answers on academic social Q&A platforms
Abstract
Purpose Through a two-stage survey, this paper examines how researchers judge the quality of answers on ResearchGate Q&A, an academic social networking site. Design/methodology/approach In the first-stage survey, 15 researchers from Library and Information Science (LIS) judged the quality of 157 answers to 15 questions and reported the criteria that they had used. The content of their reports was analyzed, and the results were merged with...
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Title
Researchers' judgment criteria of high-quality answers on academic social Q&A platforms
Published Date
Feb 14, 2020
Journal
Volume
44
Issue
3
Pages
603 - 623
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