{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2016492060","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4018/jvcsn.2009092205","title":"On the Definition and Impact of Virtual Communities of Practice","display_name":"On the Definition and Impact of Virtual Communities of Practice","publication_year":2009,"publication_date":"2009-10-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2016492060","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4018/jvcsn.2009092205","mag":"2016492060"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.4018/jvcsn.2009092205","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4018/jvcsn.2009092205","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.4018/jvcsn.2009092205","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S82939042","display_name":"International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking","issn_l":"1942-9010","issn":["1942-9010","1942-9029"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","norway-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320424","host_organization_name":"IGI Global","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320424"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IGI Global"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5050758763","display_name":"Antonios S. Andreatos","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2271-8764","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2271-8764"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4405256334","display_name":"Hellenic Air Force Academy","ror":"https://ror.org/041awyd76","country_code":"GR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2802113776","https://openalex.org/I4405256334"]}],"countries":["GR"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Antonios Andreatos","raw_affiliation_strings":["Hellenic Air Force Academy, Greece"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Hellenic Air Force Academy, Greece","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4405256334"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5050758763"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4405256334"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.2676,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":10,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.64655172,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":"1","issue":"4","first_page":"73","last_page":"88"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12028","display_name":"Knowledge Management and Sharing","score":0.6083999872207642,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1802","display_name":"Information Systems and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12028","display_name":"Knowledge Management and Sharing","score":0.6083999872207642,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1802","display_name":"Information Systems and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11466","display_name":"Innovative Education and Learning Practices","score":0.23430000245571136,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14246","display_name":"E-Learning and Knowledge Management","score":0.12409999966621399,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/virtual-communities-of-practice","display_name":"virtual communities of practice","score":0.9940000176429749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-management","display_name":"knowledge management","score":0.890999972820282},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/technology-management","display_name":"technology management","score":0.9879999756813049},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/informal-learning","display_name":"informal learning","score":0.9980000257492065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/connectivism","display_name":"connectivism","score":0.9929999709129333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/collaborative-learning","display_name":"cooperative learning","score":0.9789999723434448}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C89980417","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1056961","display_name":"Connectivism","level":3,"score":0.8053706884384155},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110875604","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75","display_name":"The Internet","level":2,"score":0.5913130640983582},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94124525","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q912550","display_name":"Categorization","level":2,"score":0.570617139339447},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.556157112121582},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777601897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3409113","display_name":"Presentation (obstetrics)","level":2,"score":0.48043179512023926},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.44263648986816406},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776280689","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936635","display_name":"Community of practice","level":2,"score":0.4335364103317261},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.3289880156517029},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.32216978073120117},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.28006014227867126},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.2555723786354065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19417346","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7922","display_name":"Pedagogy","level":1,"score":0.22330594062805176},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C92393732","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1790374","display_name":"Learning theory","level":2,"score":0.2097691297531128},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.16852140426635742},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126838900","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77604","display_name":"Radiology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.4018/jvcsn.2009092205","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4018/jvcsn.2009092205","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.4018/jvcsn.2009092205","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S82939042","display_name":"International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking","issn_l":"1942-9010","issn":["1942-9010","1942-9029"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","norway-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320424","host_organization_name":"IGI Global","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320424"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IGI Global"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:igg:jvcsn0:v:1:y:2009:i:4:p:73-88","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/jvcsn.2009092205","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":24,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W98269713","https://openalex.org/W117145410","https://openalex.org/W1022517957","https://openalex.org/W1495419098","https://openalex.org/W1550621568","https://openalex.org/W1565408702","https://openalex.org/W1780382453","https://openalex.org/W1945133026","https://openalex.org/W2005309592","https://openalex.org/W2074863332","https://openalex.org/W2093871215","https://openalex.org/W2106141770","https://openalex.org/W2108183214","https://openalex.org/W2116199508","https://openalex.org/W2116339812","https://openalex.org/W2120820700","https://openalex.org/W2138765083","https://openalex.org/W2170110871","https://openalex.org/W2301893489","https://openalex.org/W3118900499","https://openalex.org/W4210702550","https://openalex.org/W4245961435","https://openalex.org/W6629779538","https://openalex.org/W6893254818"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2012393632","https://openalex.org/W7096177788","https://openalex.org/W205114923","https://openalex.org/W2533942194","https://openalex.org/W4235220156","https://openalex.org/W3204389259","https://openalex.org/W212417156","https://openalex.org/W4410074614","https://openalex.org/W2093871215","https://openalex.org/W2116617878"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,24],"evolution":[1],"of":[2,9,22,26,36,57,59,88],"the":[3,55,80,107],"Internet":[4],"has":[5,15],"made":[6],"several":[7],"Communities":[8,21,35,58,87],"Practice":[10,60,89],"to":[11,30,38,53,61,65,68,78,109],"go":[12],"online":[13],"and":[14,32,45,49,64,70,99],"brought":[16],"into":[17],"life":[18],"numerous":[19],"Virtual":[20,34,86],"Practice.":[23],"purpose":[25],"this":[27],"article":[28],"is:":[29],"define":[31],"categorize":[33],"Practice;":[37],"examine":[39,54],"their":[40],"social":[41],"impact":[42],"in":[43,47,95],"general":[44],"specifically":[46],"knowledge":[48,104],"technology":[50],"management;":[51],"also,":[52],"contribution":[56],"informal":[62],"learning":[63,97],"relate":[66],"them":[67],"Connectivism":[69],"collaborative":[71],"learning.":[72],"Several":[73],"case":[74],"studies":[75],"are":[76],"presented":[77],"clarify":[79],"presentation.":[81],"It":[82],"is":[83],"expected":[84],"that":[85],"will":[90],"play":[91],"an":[92],"important":[93],"role":[94],"both":[96],"theory":[98],"practice":[100],"as":[101,103],"well":[102],"management":[105],"during":[106],"years":[108],"come.":[110]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-07T11:25:07.637180","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}