Category: highlighting research

• Mendeley Webinars take us around the globe

  Last week we hosted two Webinars for scientists and information professionals from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), an international network of research institutions as well as governmental and non-governmental organizations. CGIAR is aiming to achieve sustainable food security and reduce poverty in developing countries using scientific research and research-related activities in the…

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  February 10, 2010

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• The top 10 journal articles published in 2009 by readership on Mendeley

  Having seen a lot of ‘top 10 lists of 2009’ around, we thought we’d throw in our two cents and give you the top 10 most read articles on Mendeley, published in 2009! The top paper for 2009 was written by Uri Alon, entitled: ‘How to choose a good scientific problem’, published in the journal…

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  January 28, 2010

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• Fringe Frivolous and Science Online London 2009 Pictures!

  What a weekend that was! We hosted the Fringe Frivolous Blogging Unconference (organized by Jenny Rohn) on our roof terrace on Friday night, and co-organized Science Online London 2009 (with Nature Network) at the Royal Institution on Saturday. Martin Fenner has already collected a few thoughts and blog posts on the conference. Together with Richard…

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  victorhenning

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  August 24, 2009

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• Who is killing science on the Web? Publishers or Scientists?

  Killing the advancement of science on the Web is killing the advancement of science as a whole. A few weeks ago I attended a panel session at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco called, “Making the Web work for science.” (Video wrap-up here) Really, the focus was on how to get scientists to put their…

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  Jason Hoyt

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  August 17, 2009

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• Top 8 influential Science and Tech Stories of 2009, so far

  The year 2009 is halfway through and already we’ve seen some great stuff being published, created, and predicted that could have a major impact in the future. Each of the eight items were chosen because they could influence how every one of us communicates, learns, and lives more so than any other discoveries so far…

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  Jason Hoyt

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  July 16, 2009

  3–4 minutes