A comparative study of online communities and popularity of BBS in four Chinese universities

• Hao-Nan Yang,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8692-8317

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• Xin-Jian Xu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: xinjxu@shu.edu.cn

  Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6088-976X

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• Haili Liang,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

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• Xiaofan Wang

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

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