Ricerc@Sapienza

The objective of this chapter is to address the following question: what is the value of the scientific networking, training and documentation activities in the new academic scenario dominated by the bibliometric assessment culture and by the impact of the technology to the science production and sharing (data-driven science, big data, open data, open access, etc.).

This chapter examines the role of Academic Social Networks in the dissemination of the Social Representations literature. In particular, it takes into account 9414 entries filed in the specialised SoReCom “A.S. de Rosa” @-library. Each entry was assessed concerning the presence of the publication in the three academic social networks (Academia.edu, ResearchGate and Mendeley), which amounted to 2956 total entries.

The aim of this contribution is to present some recent developments of the So.Re.Com. “A.S. de
Rosa” @-Library (Social Representations and Communication ‘A.S. de Rosa’ @-library), already
presented in previous publications ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9]) as multi-purpose web-platform
for documentation, training and networking in the supra-disciplinary field of Social Representations
and Communication
Among the many cross-thematic areas of supra-disciplinary interest (environment, health, education,