Survey asks for feedback about ORCID unique researcher identifier
The ORCID initiative for unique researcher identifiers yesterday started a survey that everybody interested in ORCID should fill out. The...
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Paper published: Reference Management meets Web 2.0
Cellular Therapy and Transplantation today published my paper Reference Management meets Web 2.0. Regular readers of this blog probably know about most of the things I talk about in the paper, but I hope it...
ReaderMeter: researcher-level metrics based on readership
In a blog post last week, Dario Taraborelli officially announced ReaderMeter. ReaderMeter takes the usage data from reference managers (starting with Mendeley) to analyze the impact of publications by a particular author. ReaderMeter is a welcome...
Zotero soon is Everywhere
Whereas most reference managers are either standalone applications and/or web-based, Zotero works as a Firefox plugin. This approach has many advantages, but is not for everybody. So today Zotero announced Zotero Everywhere: * A browser pluging...
Update of Reference Manager Overview Chart
In March 2009 I posted an overview chart of how popular reference managers have implemented some important features. I’ve since updated this chart several times, and the chart probably has outgrown the format of a...
BioMed Central drafts position statement on open data
Last week BioMed Central published a draft position statement on open data (PDF). Iain Hrynaszkiewicz explained the statement on the BioMed Central Blog, including the five Ws of open data: 1. Why make data more open?...