Use of ResearchGate and Academia.edu by Austrian Professors from Business Administration

The aim of this article is to investigate the presence of Austrian university professors from the field of business administration ( n = 233) in ResearchGate, Academia.edu , and, for reasons of comparison, Scopus and identify possible correlations between the indicators offered by these sites. The results reveal that 95 per cent of the researchers considered are represented on Scopus and that 78 per cent have an account on ResearchGate, while Academia.edu is used by only 42 per cent. As the bibliometric and social indicators related to ResearchGate show, professors actively use this site to promote and share their research with other colleagues. This is different for Academia.edu , which is only regarded as a ‘second choice’ by many researchers. The correlations of the Scopus metrics with the bibliometric metrics on ResearchGate are very strong, while those with the usage metrics are ‘only’ strong (between 0.7 and 0.76).