This study looks at who, how and how much US higher education faculty use Google Scholar. The report also includes detailed data on which faculty value Google Scholar, and just how much do they value it. Survey participants also give advice on how they use Google Scholar, as well as competitive sites.
Just a few of this 49-page report’s many findings are that:
- Male survey respondents made nearly twice as many posts on Google Scholar than female respondents
- Posting was highest among faculty in psychology/social work and lowest in history and journalism.
- 46% of assistant professors considered Google Scholar either extremely or very valuable.
This study is based on data from an April through June 2023 survey of 731 higher education faculty randomly chosen from nearly 500 colleges and universities in the USA. Data is broken out by personal variables such as work title, gender, personal income level, academic discipline, age, and other variables, as well as institutional indicators such as college or university type or Carnegie class, enrollment size, public or private status, and others.
Table of Contents
THE QUESTIONNAIRE
- Characteristics of the sample
INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATIONS OF THE SURVEY PARTICIPANTS
SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS
List of Tables
- Table 1 How many articles or links to your articles have you posted on the following sources in the past year?
- Table 1.1.1 How many articles or links to your articles have you posted on the following sources in the past year? Google Scholar
- Table 1.1.2 How many articles or links to your articles have you posted on the following sources in the past year? Google Scholar Broken out by faculty title
- Table 1.1.3 How many articles or links to your articles have you posted on the following sources in the past year? Google Scholar Broken out by enrollment
- Table 1.1.4 How many articles or links to your articles have you posted on the following sources in the past year? Google Scholar Broken out by Carnegie Class or type of college
- Table 1.1.5 How many articles or links to your articles have you posted on the following sources in the past year? Google Scholar Broken out by public or private college
- Table 1.1.6 How many articles or links to your articles have you posted on the following sources in the past year? Google Scholar Broken out by age of respondent
- Table 1.1.7 How many articles or links to your articles have you posted on the following sources in the past year? Google Scholar Broken out by political views
- Table 1.1.8 How many articles or links to your articles have you posted on the following sources in the past year? Google Scholar Broken out by annual personal income
- Table 1.1.9 How many articles or links to your articles have you posted on the following sources in the past year? Google Scholar Broken out by tenure status
- Table 1.1.10 How many articles or links to your articles have you posted on the following sources in the past year? Google Scholar Broken out by gender of respondent
- Table 1.1.11 How many articles or links to your articles have you posted on the following sources in the past year? Google Scholar Broken out by sexual orientation
- Table 1.1.12 How many articles or links to your articles have you posted on the following sources in the past year? Google Scholar Broken out by race or ethnicity
- Table 1.1.13 How many articles or links to your articles have you posted on the following sources in the past year? Google Scholar Broken out by academic field
- Table 1.1.14 How many articles or links to your articles have you posted on the following sources in the past year? Google Scholar Broken out by years at present institution
- Table 2.1 How valuable to you is Google Scholar?
- Table 2.2 How valuable to you is Google Scholar? Broken out by faculty title
- Table 2.3 How valuable to you is Google Scholar? Broken out by enrollment
- Table 2.4 How valuable to you is Google Scholar? Broken out by Carnegie Class or type of college
- Table 2.5 How valuable to you is Google Scholar? Broken out by public or private college
- Table 2.6 How valuable to you is Google Scholar? Broken out by age of respondent
- Table 2.7 How valuable to you is Google Scholar? Broken out by political views
- Table 2.8 How valuable to you is Google Scholar? Broken out by annual personal income
- Table 2.9 How valuable to you is Google Scholar? Broken out by tenure status
- Table 2.10 How valuable to you is Google Scholar? Broken out by gender of respondent
- Table 2.11 How valuable to you is Google Scholar? Broken out by sexual orientation
- Table 2.12 How valuable to you is Google Scholar? Broken out by race or ethnicity
- Table 2.13 How valuable to you is Google Scholar? Broken out by academic field
- Table 2.14 How valuable to you is Google Scholar? Broken out by years at present institution
- What is your advice to fellow scholars on using (or not) ResearchGate, Academia.edu and Google Scholar?
Methodology
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