Online Information Review: Volume 45 Issue 2

Are mega-journals a publication outlet for lower quality research? A bibliometric analysis of Spanish authors in PLOS ONE

Ángel Borrego

Open-access mega-journals (OAMJs), which apply a peer-review policy based solely on scientific soundness, elicit opposing views. Sceptical authors believe that OAMJs are simply an…

Publishing speed and acceptance rates of open access megajournals

Bo-Christer Björk

The purpose of this paper is to look at two particular aspects of open access megajournals, a new type of scholarly journals. Such journals only review for scientific soundness…

Considerations on privacy in the era of digitally logged lives

Rashmi Gupta, Martin Crane, Cathal Gurrin

The continuous advancements in wearable sensing technologies enable the easy collection and publishing of visual lifelog data. The widespread adaptation of visual lifelog…

On a method for location and mobility analytics using location-based services: a case study of retail store recommendation

Yuh-Min Chen, Tsung-Yi Chen, Lyu-Cian Chen

Location-based services (LBS) have become an effective commercial marketing tool. However, regarding retail store location selection, it is challenging to collect analytical data…

An analysis of use and performance data aggregated from 35 institutional repositories

Kenning Arlitsch, Jonathan Wheeler, Minh Thi Ngoc Pham, Nikolaus Nova Parulian

This study demonstrates that aggregated data from the Repository Analytics and Metrics Portal (RAMP) have significant potential to analyze visibility and use of institutional…

Organizational culture on the Facebook page of an emergency management agency: a thematic analysis

Jayan Chirayath Kurian, Dion Hoe-Lian Goh, Blooma Mohan John

The purpose of this study is to identify organizational cultural factors and overarching themes on emergency management evident across the Facebook page of an emergency management…

A new kind of travel guide or more of the same? Wikivoyage and Cambodia

Brendan Luyt

Given Wikipedia’s size and importance to the world’s information infrastructure, it can be forgotten that there exists under the same Wikimedia Foundation umbrella, a number of…

Encountering misinformation online: antecedents of trust and distrust and their impact on the intensity of Facebook use

Yang Cheng, Zifei Fay Chen

This study focused on the impact of misinformation on social networking sites. Through theorizing and integrating literature from interdisciplinary fields such as information…

Adoption of mobile library apps as learning tools in higher education: a tale between Hong Kong and Japan

Karen Hiu Tung Yip, Patrick Lo, Kevin K. W. Ho, Dickson K. W. Chiu

The purpose of this study is to examine students' perception of mobile technology adoption for library service apps as a lens to explore the factors affecting mobile learning in…

“What about users?”: Development and validation of the mobile information security awareness scale (MISAS)

Fatih Erdoğdu, Seyfullah Gökoğlu, Mehmet Kara

The current study aimed to develop and validate Mobile Information Security Awareness Scale (MISAS) based on the prototype model for measuring information security awareness and…

Understanding virtual reality continuance: an extended perspective of perceived value

Heetae Yang, Sang-Yeal Han

The purpose of this paper is to develop an integrated research model that can explain current users' continuance intention regarding the adoption of virtual reality (VR).

Digital divide in ASEAN member states: analyzing the critical factors for successful e-government programs

Indri Dwi Apriliyanti, Bevaola Kusumasari, Agus Pramusinto, Widodo Agus Setianto

This study addresses the critical factors that contribute to the success of e-government programs in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states (AMS). We…

Immediacy as news experience: exploring its multiple dimensions in print and online contexts

Bahiyah Omar, Hosam Al-Samarraie, Bianca Wright

News research scholars define immediacy as constant news updating, whereas scholars in other fields conceptualize it more broadly as meaning closeness. The present study…