Do You Believe in Social Networks for Researchers?

 There has been tens, if not hundreds, of attempts to launch social networks for scientists and for researchers over the last 3 years. The new “Linkedin for Researchers” or “Facebook for Scientists”:www.collab.com, www.academia.edu, www.academiaconnect.org,biomedexperts.com etc. Even the Fondation Pierre Gilles de Gennes recently launched its social network for scientists.

Although a few of them provide real incentives for researchers (http://www.labmeeting.com etc.), although some of them provide really useful tools for scientists (http://www.mendeley.com etc.), most of them, however, fail or will fail.

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