Promote or Perish? A brief note on academic social networking sites and academic reputation
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-20, 12:12authored bySteven D'Alessandro, Miles, M, Martinez-Lopez, FJ, Anaya-Sanchez, R, Esteban-Millat, I, Torrez-Meruvia, H
This commentary explores some of the reputational issues of using academic social networking sites (ASNS) such as ResearchGate, ResearcherID, ORCID, Academia.edu, Google Scholar, and Mendeley for academic self-promotion and considers whether the adage of ‘Publish or Perish’ has been recently overshadowed by the new imperative of ‘Promote or Perish’?