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2016/02/19

Academic social networks and Open Access: French researchers at the crossroads

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The French consortium COUPERIN (Academic Consortium for Electronic Publications) launched a nationwide survey in 2014 to explore whether and how academic social networks are used to share content. This survey gives general tendencies, considering the behaviour and opinions according to the different disciplinary communities and their research practices.  As a result, the main characteristics of an ideal tool dedicated to Open Science can be defined.