Academic social networks

Encourage researchers to get their ideas into the public arena as quickly as possible, either through blogging or contributing to a blog aggregator or academic network.

• The Conversation
• Academia.edu
• ResearchGate
• LinkedIn

Wikis:

• Wikispaces
• Wikipedia – consider contributing content in areas which you have expertise
• Bridging the gap between academia and Wikipedia

Resources

• The Republic of Blogs: A new phase in the development and democratization of knowledge
• Bill Gates, Benchmark And More Pour $35M Into ResearchGate, The Social Network For Scientists

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