Social Media For Researchers
Social media is an important technological trend that has big implications for how Researchers communicate and collaborate. It is a fantastic way to engage people in your research.
External Resources
Vitae Handbook of Social Media for Researchers and Supervisors
A to Z of Social Media for Academia
Social Media for Researchers provided by the UCL Institute of Education Library including all 2.0 tools available
Social Networks
Facebook - Use this set up Groups and pages based on any topic. Groups allow you to share comments, ideas and photos. For promotion of a project or research interest, a Facebook page would be most appropriate.
Linkedin - LinkedIn is a professional networking website aimed.
Twitter - Twitter is a microblogging social network. It is possible to find like-minded colleagues for an academic project through the search function.
Academic Social Networks
Academia.edu - A platform for academics to share research papers, monitor deep analytics around the impact of their research, and track the research of academics they follow.
LabSpaces - A social network for the scientific community designed to spread scientific news, maintain and create friendships, and harbour collaboration through the internet.
Mendeley - A free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organise your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research.
Methodspace - An online research methods community for researchers to network and share research, resources and debates.
myExperiment - A collaborative environment where scientists can safely publish their workflows and in silico experiments, share them with groups and find those of others.
My Science Work - A communication platform based on a database of more than 25 million open access publications. Access content from over 30 disciplines. There is a useful blog article on social networks for scientists.
Ning - Ning is an online tool, which allows users to create their own social networks using the ning platform in minutes.
Papers - A reference and PDF manager for Mac which allows you to cite papers, format references and share your collection with colleagues. Papers Livfe (pronounced 'life') embodies your Papers Life, which has a global library of research and allows you to connect with others to share/discover new papers and exchange ideas and collaborate with peers.
ResearchGate - Created to facilitate national and international collaborations, where you share your publications, connect and collaborate with colleagues, search for research jobs, and get statistics about views, downloads and citations of your research.
Slideshare - The world's largest community for sharing presentations, with a vibrant professional and educational community.
Zotero - Primarily a tool to collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources, Zotero hosts groups that allow users to connect and collaborate, and discover the works of others.