When international academic conferences go virtual

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作者：
Martin Thomas Falk
Eva Hagsten
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[1] University of South-Eastern Norway (USN),Department of Business and IT, School of Business
[2] University of Iceland,School of Social Sciences
来源：
Scientometrics | 2021年 / 126卷
关键词：
Online conference; Virtual conferences; Video conferences; Academic conferences; High-speed broadband; Probit estimations; I20; I23; O33;
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This study investigates the extent to which international academic conferences changes format to virtual when faced by sudden Covid-19 related immobility. Data on 587 conferences in the fields of business, economics, information technology, management and other social sciences that were planned to be held between March and August 2020 are retrieved from authorised conference listings. Approximately 28% of the conferences changed to virtual format during the period of time studied. Probit estimations reveal that the probability of changing format to virtual increases with the country of location (United States), planning horizon and the available quality of broadband infrastructure in the scheduled conference country. However, the role of planning horizon differs across fields and location of the conference. The probability of virtual conferences is highest in the United States and for academic conferences in the field of information technology.
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页数：17
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