Nature just blew the bubble! Last month an article entitled Online collaboration: Scientists and the social network, by Richard Van Noorden, put focus on the role social media has on scholars.
The article gives a detailed insight on the attitude of scientist towards social media by discussing the various existing platforms such as Google Scholar, ResearchGate, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and others. Clearly Google Scholar and ResearchGate are the current winners while the others are right behind. The article also discusses the rapid increase of sharing of scientific papers, which typically are copyrighted by the respective publishers.
The conclusion is clear: Scientists today are using social media more than ever, as a tool to exchange information, and, also to increase their presence with the community. Some might wonder who will be the ultimate winner, and will the craze on social media come to an end one day?
Read the full article here.
