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Social Media Analysis of High-Impact Information and Communication Journals: Adoption, Use, and Content Curation

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The use of social media to disseminate academic content is increasing, particulary in scientific journals. This study has two main objectives, first explore the use of social networks by high-impact academic journals in two different SJR categories (Library and Information Sciences and Communication), and second, analyze the content curation carried out by the world's most influential journals in both areas. The research methodology followed the Ferran-Ferrer et al. (2017) classifications, which is descriptive with a quantitative approach regarding the items studied. The study finds that COM journals have a stronger social media presence than LIS journals, and X dominates in both categories and regions as the top social network, with significant instances as the only platform. On the other hand, content curation was found to a high degree in both areas, especially in the LIS area (93% vs 80% COM). The study highlights that both COM and LIS journals primarily focus on promoting recent articles, with COM diversifying content more than LIS. In terms of the content curation techniques used in both areas, the majority are abstracting and summarizing.

Source: Publications

DOI: 10.3390/publications13010005

Authors: Jesús Cascón-Katchadourian, Javier Guallar, Wileidys Artigas

Institutions: Universidad de Zaragoza, Universitat de Barcelona, Universidad del Zulia, Universidade Óscar Ribas

Language: English

Topic: Academic Publishing and Open Access

Subfield: Information Systems and Management

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,689

Funder: Agencia Estatal de Investigación