I Like, I Cite? Do Facebook Likes Predict the Impact of Scientific Work?

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Stefanie Ringelhan ,

* E-mail: s.ringelhan@tum.de

Affiliation Chair for Strategy and Organization, TUM School of Management, Technische Universität München, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Jutta Wollersheim,

Affiliation Chair for Strategy and Organization, TUM School of Management, Technische Universität München, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Isabell M. Welpe

Affiliations Chair for Strategy and Organization, TUM School of Management, Technische Universität München, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Bavarian State Institute for Higher Education Research and Planning, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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The paper presents an investigation into the use of Facebook as an alternative indicator of scientific work. I find the paper interesting.

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