PANEL - Social Media Changing Research Norms

As more scientists take their work to the Web and the cloud -- publishing papers in open-access journals, recruiting trial participants through Facebook, and crowd-sourcing investigations -- the availability and traction of social media tools to support medical research have grown. Facilitating everything from the establishment of "virtual lab space" to the crowd-funding of promising science/scientists, these networks are gaining traction in an increasingly collaborative research environment....

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From: FasterCures

Related topics : social research network sites / research social media / open source social media