Analysing User Activity in Online Collaboration Projects

Ronan McHugh; Birger Larsen

Analysing User Activity in Online Collaboration Projects

Ronan McHugh, Birger Larsen

Institut for Kommunikation

Abstract

In this paper, we conduct a web usage analysis of user activity in two online collaborative projects, Open Street Map (OSM) and The Pirate Bay (TPB). User logs are downloaded and analysed to provide a picture of user productivity and user activity over time. We find that users of Open Street Map are both more productive and are active for longer than their counterparts in The Pirate Bay. We discuss the methods and heuristics used as an example of how to carry out webometric web usage analysis of online collaboration sites.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Proceedings of the ISSI 2011 conference, 13th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics & Informetrics, Durban, South Africa, 04-07 July 2011
Redaktører	Ed Noyons, Patrick Ngulube, Jacqueline Leta
Antal sider	6
Udgivelsessted	Leiden
Forlag	Leiden University, CWTS
Publikationsdato	2011
Sider	446-551
Status	Udgivet - 2011

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Analysing User Activity in Online Collaboration Projects. / McHugh, Ronan; Larsen, Birger.

Proceedings of the ISSI 2011 conference, 13th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics & Informetrics, Durban, South Africa, 04-07 July 2011. red. / Ed Noyons; Patrick Ngulube; Jacqueline Leta. Leiden : Leiden University, CWTS, 2011. s. 446-551.

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McHugh, Ronan ; Larsen, Birger. / Analysing User Activity in Online Collaboration Projects. Proceedings of the ISSI 2011 conference, 13th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics & Informetrics, Durban, South Africa, 04-07 July 2011. red. / Ed Noyons ; Patrick Ngulube ; Jacqueline Leta. Leiden : Leiden University, CWTS, 2011. s. 446-551

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