This document summarizes research on the impact of electronic or digital research methods in the social sciences. It presents data on the growth in e-research publications in social sciences compared to other disciplines from 1996-2008. It also shows data on the fields, citations, authors and interdisciplinarity of e-research publications. Finally, it introduces the Oxford e-Social Science project and contact information for the researchers.

1. Gauging the Impact of e-Research in the Social Sciences Eric T. Meyer Ralph Schroeder Oxford Internet Institute Oxford e-Social Science node of NCeSS Presented at UK e-Science All Hands Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 8-11 September 2008

2. Source: Dutton & Meyer 2008

3. Evidence for Uncertainty Trough Source: Dutton, W.H. & Meyer, E.T. (2008). “e-Social Science as an Experience Technology: Distance from, and Attitudes Toward, E-Research“. Presentation for the 4th International Conference on e-Social Science, University of Manchester, 19 June 2008. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1150422

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6. Publications in e-Research 1996-2008, social sciences compared to all disciplines

7. Publication Patterns in Discipline in Scopus sample (n=2887) Social Sciences (n=175) Computer Science (n=749)

8. Fields, Citations and Authors

9. Field intersection

10. Publications and Interdisciplinarity Figure 3. Map showing number of articles by field, and article interdisciplinarity Source: Data retrieved from Scopus using sample search terms; image created with Microsoft Excel .NetMap plugin

11. Title word clouds by discipline

12. Oxford e-Social Science (OeSS) Node of NCeSS Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford Eric T. Meyer Research Fellow [email_address] http://people.oii.ox.ac.uk/meyer Ralph Schroeder James Martin Research Fellow [email_address] http://people.oii.ox.ac.uk/schroeder Oxford e-Social Science Project