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Social networks for scientists
Pedro Matos
Wednesday, 29 April 2009 13:03 UTC
Social networks for scientists are still quite recent and in the process growing. However the dispersion of users among these several networks and the poor willingness of scientists to embrace these services decrease the social power and usefulness of each network.
Here, I listed many of them:
- Nature Network
- ResearchGATE
- SciLink
- Epernicus
- LabRoots
- BiomedExperts
- Academia.edu
- Laboratree
- myExperiment
- Sci-mate
- LinkedIn (?)
And the more reference manager oriented ones:
So, what do you think about this topic? Do you use any of these or know other networks? Do you find it useful? What do you think a social network for scientists should provide to be successful?
Updated 26 May 2009 16:54 UTC
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Hi Heather, it is not necessary to learn Wiki-text to use the new generation Wikis. These wikis have editors with buttons and drop menus that behave similar to Open Office or Word. In fact, they have a lot of features designed to deliver value and return for researchers. Cheers, Ch.
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There was a recent article in the LA Times covering this issue, and largely re-hashing what’s been said over and over in various different ways in these kinds of threads – social networking isn’t an end in itself.
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All these web 2.0 platforms need to provide easier way to keep scientists updated with latest progress happening in their respective research area and they should build the user group from there for further interactions.
This can be an idea similar to news aggregate sites like reddit.com or digg.com.There is such a portal for Nanoscience community named NanoInfoline. It aggregates all asap papers everyday and list them in various categories with in the nanoscience and technology. It also provide discussion section associated with all papers.
This kind of aggregator sites might trigger some initial activity for scientific community and from there, it will be easier for scientists to use more of these science 2.0 services.
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