Research

List of research output and adjacent activities.

Articles

Haider, J., Söderström, K. R., Ekström, B., & Rödl, M. (2024). GPT-fabricated scientific papers on Google Scholar: Key features, spread, and implications for preempting evidence manipulation. Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review, 5(5), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-156

Ekström, B. (2024). No rose on this one? Citizen science field excursion negotiations at the Great Alvar. Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies, 12(1), 5-16. https://doi.org/10.5324/njsts.v12i1.5860

Ekström, B., & Wallin, E. T. (2023). Simple questions for complex matters? An enquiry into Swedish Google search queries on wind power. Nordic Journal of Library and Information Studies, 4(1), 34-50. https://doi.org/10.7146/njlis.v4i1.136246

Ekström, B. (2023). Thousands of examining eyes: Credibility, authority and validity in biodiversity citizen science data production. Aslib Journal of Information Management. 75(1), 149-170. https://doi.org/10.1108/AJIM-10-2021-0292

Ekström, B. (2022). A niche of their own: Variations of information practices in biodiversity citizen science. Journal of Documentation, 78(7), 248-265. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-07-2021-0146

Ekström, B. (2022). Trace data visualisation enquiry: A methodological coupling for studying information practices in relation to information systems. Journal of Documentation, 78(7), 141-159. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-04-2021-0082

Ekström, B. (2017). Vart är open access-rörelsen på väg? Fyra tendenser i svenska och brittiska open access-nätverk. Tidskrift för ABM, 2(2), 5-35.

Ekström, B. (2017). Publiceringsvariationer: En jämförelse mellan DigitaltMuseum och UbuWeb. Tidskrift för ABM, 2(1), 4-14.

Book chapters

Pennlert, J., Ekström, B., & Lorentzen, D. G. (2021). Teleoptical perspectives on digital methods: Scientific claims and consequences. In S. Petersson (Ed.), Digital human sciences. Stockholm University Press. https://doi.org/10.16993/bbk.d

Conference papers in proceedings

Ekström, B. (2022). Unfolding material constraints and opportunities in biodiversity citizen science information practices. In Proceedings of CoLIS, the Eleventh International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science, Oslo, Norway, May 29 - June 1, 2022. Information Research, 27, (Special issue), paper colis2236. https://doi.org/10.47989/ircolis2236

Ekström, B. (2019). Developing a rule-based method for identifying researchers on Twitter: The case of vaccine discussions. In 17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2019 - Proceedings Volume 2, 2019, (pp. 2618-2619).

Gunnarsson Lorentzen, D., Eklund, J., Nelhans, G., & Ekström, B. (2019). On the potential for detecting scientific issues and controversies on Twitter: A method for investigation conversations mentioning research. In 17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2019 - Proceedings Volume 2, 2019. (pp. 2189–2198).

Ekström, B. (2017). The illicit information community: Information-practical reflections on the shadow library AAARG, In P. Arvola, T. Hintsanen, S. Kari, S. Kolehma, S. Luolin, J. Sillanpää (Eds.), Improving Quality of Life Through Information: Proceedings of the XXV Bobcatsss Symposium, Tampere, Finland, January 2017. https://trepo.tuni.fi/handle/10024/101894

Doctoral dissertation

Ekström, B. (2024). Winding paths to species reports: Information practices in biodiversity citizen science [Doctoral dissertation, University of Borås]. https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-32108

Editorial work

Graminius, C., Ekström, B., & Haider, J. (2023). Editorial. Nordic Journal of Library and Information Studies, 4(1), i-iv. https://doi.org/10.7146/njlis.v4i1.141009

Barry, B. (2014). Music in text. Bläck charm nostalgi vassa tänder.1

Panels

Graminius, C., Haider, J., Cardoso, N., Fedorowicz-Kruszewska, M., Ekström, B., & Pilerot, O. (2022). LIS and environmental research: What, when, how?. Conceptions of Library and Information Science 11, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway. 29 May - 1 June 2022.

Yousefi Mojir, K., Haider, J., Johansson, V., Ekström, B., & Eklund, S. (2022). Vad kan informationsvetenskap bidra med i klimatkrisen?. Gothenburg Book Fair, The Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden. 22 September 2022.

Presentations

Ekström, B. (2024). Slingrande stigar till artrapporter. Forum för forskarstöd, University of Gothenburg and University of Borås, Sweden. 8 november 2024.

Ekström, B. (2023). Understanding wind power search queries and results with RAT. RAT Community Meeting, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany. 8 September 2023.

Ekström, B. (2022). Från fältarbete till artdata. Gothenburg Book Fair, The Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden. 22 September 2022.

Ekström, B., Jackson, C., Crowston, K., & Østerlund, C. (2022). Tracing knowledge production in an online citizen science project. After Method in Organization Studies IV (AMOS): The Epistemology of Practice, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden. 16-17 June 2022.

Ekström, B. (2022). Från naturupplevelse till artdata. SFIS vårkonferens, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. 10 June 2022.

Ekström, B., Jackson, C., & Østerlund, C. (2021). Tracing hyperlinks: How to support different forms of presence and knowledge production in an online citizen science community? Good Relations: Practices and Methods in Unequal and Uncertain Worlds. 4S Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada. 6-9 October 2021.

Posters

Ekström, B. (2019). Developing a rule-based method for identifying researchers on Twitter: The case of vaccine discussions. 17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2019 - Proceedings Volume 2, 2019.

Ekström, B. (2019). Developing a rule-based method for identifying researchers on Twitter: The case of vaccine discussions. Digital Humanities at Oxford Summer School, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Reports

Haider, J., Ekström, B., & Tattersall Wallin, E., Gunnarsson Lorentzen, D., Rödl, M., & Söderberg, N. (2023). Tracing online information about wind power in Sweden: An exploratory quantitative study of broader trends. Mistra Environmental Communication. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-29496

Reviews

Ekström, B., Tattersall Wallin, E., & Marčetić, H. (2020). Programming historian: Novice-friendly tutorials on digital methods. Tidskrift för ABM, 5(1), 71-75.

Peer review commitments

Conceptions of Library and Information Science (CoLIS)

Ecology & Society

Journal of Information Science

Nordic Journal of Library and Information Studies

Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies

Tveit, Åse Kristine; Bøyum, Idunn (2023). Rom for lesing og utforsking: Skolebibliotekets muligheter. ABM-media AS.

Acknowledgements

Graminius, C. (2023). Open letters and climate communication: The professional roles and identities of researchers in times of crisis. Environmental Communication, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2023.2225765

Nelhans, G., & Nolin, J. (2022). Anti-transparency within the EU shift to open science. Science and Public Policy, 49(6), 928-941, https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scac039

Memberships

4S (Society for Social Studies of Science).

Svensk biblioteksförening.

Footnotes

  1. Co-editor with Elias Hillström.↩︎