Facebook for Scientists: Going Live May 23, 2008
Posted by Bertalan Meskó in Community Site, Medicine, Web 2.0, e-Science, science.trackback
Can ResearchGATE become a Facebook for researchers? We will get an answer soon because they are now going live.
Launching this Friday, May 23, researchgate.net changes the picture by offering international networking technology to scientists of all disciplines. It is the world’s first platform of its kind and features numerous technological highlights that simplify research cooperation. Signing up for the service takes just seconds. Registered users of the free-of-charge platform can present their research work in a personal profile, exchange messages and build groups for peer-to-peer discussions. Search engines allow easy access to specific topics and conversations. Researchers from around the world with similar interests can be immediately identified and contacted.
Scientific links are listed in a database that is primarily updated by users, and can be evaluated on their quality. Conferences and workshops can be entered and discussed in an events area. Additional applications, like an integrated voice-over IP system enabling virtual conferencing, are planned.
This is a cross-post from Medgadget.
Now, this is really a tool that I was waiting for and that I think the online community needed. Will be testing it out, I’ve just logged in. Hope to find you inside it and that it will help keep better connections and exchanges!
I think I found you there.
Indeed! May I suggest you to add a “send replies to email” option for the comments on your blog? It is so much easier to follow discussions with such a feature.
This is awesome! I think a community like this could eventually lead to the global collaboration we need in order to find a number of the life changing cures we have been searching for all these years.
Imagine being able to connect with someone who is working on something similar to you and they have the missing link…now that’s progress…
[...] Web 2.0 community – labeled the “Facebook for Scientists” – allows scientists to create profiles similar to those found on Facebook. ResearchGATE [...]
Outstanding! A platform like this might have enough potential to revolutionize science. It’s twice-overdue to link researchers using latest social-networking technology.
Science finally arrived in the 21st century!
Outstanding! A platform like this might have enough potential to revolutionize science. It’s twice-overdue to link researchers using latest social-networking technology.
[...] Research Gate es un portal que le permite a los investigadores incluir un perfil de sus intereses y destrezas, colaborar en proyectos, crear grupos y participar en discusiones. Es un modelo a seguir para desarrollar la ciencia 2.0. (Vía) [...]
[...] a convenient way to share research material…more information and detailed explanation over at ScienceRoll…..BD Launching this Friday, May 23, researchgate.net changes the picture by offering [...]
Um… a platform like this already exists. Check out Nature Network.
[...] in der Blogwelt hierzulande nur bei SciBlog und bei einigen internat. Blogs (etwa hier, hier und hier) registriert. [...]
not too convinced by the functionality. and as mentioned above by someone nature networks already exists, so this is definitely not a first.
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Thank you, Alexandra, I will take a deeper look at it.
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This isn’t new or innovative. It’s preceeded by:
Labspaces.net
Researchcrossroads.com
biomedexperts.com
and the aforementioned nature community.
Researchgate should have done its homework before espousing itself as the “first.” Science 2.0 was in action well before it was coined “Science 2.0″.
I will include these in my new list:
http://scienceroll.com/2008/05/24/community-sites-for-scientists-and-physicians-the-list/
Another site that’s doing something similar is ResearchCrossroads.com - it’s real advantage over this is that they have actually created researcher profiles from all of the publicly funded research information that is available since the Freedom of Information Act.
They are also aggregating data from non-profits, so it’s really a complete picture of your research without having to create everything from scratch.
[...] ResearchGATE: Registered users of the free-of-charge platform can present their research work in a personal profile, exchange messages and build groups for peer-to-peer discussions (more). [...]
Other networks do exist. I have been using http://www.scientistsolutions.com for over two years. That also allows scientists to post their queries and get answers. which is very useful.
Scientist solution is a useful platform for scientists not just by connecting researchers from all around the world also by giving answers to scientific questions that are posted online. Usually the questions are answered quickly. The questions and answers are moderated by professional scientist from leading institutes so you would not able to see junk posted at this web site.
Registration is also free and quick.
Thank you! I just added it to my list of scientific community sites.
http://scienceroll.com/2008/05/24/community-sites-for-scientists-and-physicians-the-list/
As the most recent posters have said ScientistSolutions.com has been helping scientist help other scientist for many years already and I think it is probably the best Science discussion board around. Although I wouldn’t really call it a facebook of science at all, you can share all your professional details if you like or remain anonymous depending on how well you want to network. I have met several of really helpful people on their message boards. They also have a protocols section which I have found useful and now people have started their own science blogs on the site too.