There is also GetCited, which has been around for some time:
http://www.getcited.org. It is more of a publications database than a
research network, though it allows members to add a variety of
unpublished content types. One can also generate citation reports.
Unfortunately the online discussion forum has been extensively spammed.
Regards
Catherine
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-----Original Message-----
From: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of MacLeod, Roderick A
Sent: 26 September 2008 09:57
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [LIS-E-RESOURCES] [PSCI-COM] Academia.edu: 'tree' of
academics launches
Other networks include:
MyNetResearch http://www.mynetresearch.com/
ResearchGate https://www.researchgate.net/
Academici http://www.academici.com/
allResearchers http://www.onlineacademicadvisor.com/
iBreadcrumbs http://www.ibreadcrumbs.com/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MacLeod, Roderick A
> Sent: 26 September 2008 09:46
> To: 'An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group'
> Subject: RE: [LIS-E-RESOURCES] [PSCI-COM] Academia.edu:
> 'tree' of academics launches
>
> ResearcherID http://www.researcherid.com/ profiles have
> details of people's papers. The issue, surely, is that there
> are so many of these sorts of things, with as yet no
> interoperability between them. Academia.edu looks like it
> has a nice way to visually link people by institution.
>
> Roddy MacLeod
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Frank Norman
> > Sent: 26 September 2008 09:02
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [LIS-E-RESOURCES] [PSCI-COM] Academia.edu:
> > 'tree' of academics launches
> >
> > I'd be interested in the answers to Steffi's questions too.
> > It's a very bold and big undertaking. Do you expect it to
> be bigger
> > than other similar ventures like Community of Science or
> > Biomedexperts? It seems to have rather a humanities bias
> at present,
> > judging by the list of research interests. I also note that it's
> > limited to Universities - no room for research institutes or
> > industrial researchers?
> >
> > Frank Norman
> > NIMR
> >
> > At 05:31 26/09/2008, you wrote:
> > >Hello Richard,
> > >
> > >This looks interesting - and very much like facebook for the
> > friends aspect, and for the academic part, like nature
> network (minus
> > the interactivity). Could you maybe say a bit more about what your
> > rationale and motivation is for this website? How does it
> keep 'track'
> > of people and papers one isn't already aware of, since
> contacts have
> > to be added 'manually'?
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >Stephanie Suhr
> > >
> > >----- Original Message ----
> > >From: Richard Price <[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 1:17:08 AM
> > >Subject: [PSCI-COM] Academia.edu: 'tree' of academics launches
> > >
> > >Hi all,
> > >
> > >I'm a Fellow of All Souls College Oxford, where I recently
> > finished my
> > >Ph.D on the philosophy of perception.
> > >
> > >I've just launched a website,
> > <http://www.academia.edu>www.academia.edu, which does two things:
> > >
> > >- It displays academics around the world in a 'tree' format,
> > according
> > >to what university/department they are affiliated with.
> > >- It enables researchers to keep track of the latest
> developments in
> > >their field - the latest people and papers.
> > >
> > >My hope for the site is that it will list every academic in
> > the world
> > >-- Faculty members, Post-Docs, and Graduate Students.
> > >
> > >It's gaining some traction - Stephen Hawking is on there, (
> > ><http://cambridge.academia.edu/StephenHawking>http://cambridg
> > e.academia
> > >.edu/StephenHawking ), and other professors are including Richard
> > >Dawkins (
> > <http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardDawkins>http://oxford.acade
> > mia.edu/RichardDawkins ), and Noam Chomsky (
> > <http://mit.academia.edu/NoamChomsky>http://mit.academia.edu/N
> > oamChomsky ).
> > >
> > >I'm trying to spread the word about www.academia.edu. If
> you have a
> > >minute, please visit the site, and add yourself to your
> > department on
> > >the tree. If your department/university is not there, you can add
> > >it/them by clicking on the arrows coming out of the
> > department/university boxes.
> > >
> > >And do spread the word to your friends and colleagues if you can.
> > >
> > >Many thanks,
> > >
> > >Richard
> > >
> > >Dr. Richard Price,
> > >Prize Fellow,
> > >All Souls College,
> > >Oxford,
> > >OX1 4AL
> > ><mailto:[log in to unmask]>richard.price@all-so
> > uls.ox.ac.
> > >uk
> > >
> > >http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardPrice
> > >
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