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SOCIAL MEDIA

Research blogs

http://scholarlyoa.com/ - on predatory publishers

Russia & Eastern Europe

Research Mailing lists

Communicating your reseach

academia.edu. - http://www.academia.edu/

Academia.edu is a social networking website for academics. It was launched in September 2008 and the site now has over 3 million registered users.[2][3] The platform can be used to share papers, monitor their impact, and follow the research in a particular field. Academia.edu was founded by Richard Price, who raised $600,000 from Spark Ventures, Brent Hoberman, and others.[4]

Research gate - http://www.researchgate.net/

ResearchGate is a social networking site for scientists and researchers to share papers, ask and answer questions, and find collaborators.[1] The site has been described as a mash-up of “Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn” that includes “profile pages, comments, groups, job listings, and ‘like’ and ‘follow’ buttons”.[1] Members are encouraged to share raw data and failed experiment results as well as successes, in order to avoid repeating their peers’ scientific research mistakes.[2] Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is among the company's investors.?[3]

Misc networking sites for scholars