Subject: Re: Research Gate From: "Regis Rossi A. Faria" <regis@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 17:57:54 -0300 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Hi all, I like the ideas Erick and others posted. Although I am not a fan myself of Facebook, Tweeter, Orkut or similars, I decided to give ResearchGate a chance, and to experiment it for while. And I don't allow it to do anything automatically, like sending other people spam and invitations. About Facebook, I don't have it for many reasons. First I see it slaving lots of people, requiring a continuous attention I'm not to give at all (and I will not give ResearchGate too). Second, it does not seem to estimulate the best and noblest social habits... posting irrelevant matters and turning winds into hurricanes are examples... Tsc, tsc... But I am confident a better social networking concept will arise in the next years. Best, Regis -- Regis Rossi Alves Faria regis@xxxxxxxx University of Sao Paulo Music Dept - FFCLRP-USP 14040-900 Ribeirao Preto - Brazil Audio Engineering and Coding Center Laboratory of Integrable Systems 05508-010 Sao Paulo - Brazil www.lsi.usp.br/neac Em 5/9/12 8:46 PM, Gallun, Frederick J. (Portland) escreveu: > While I agree that it is annoying that ResearchGate sends emails to > one’s co-authors claiming to be from you, it is not the case that there > are no redeeming features to the website. It is possible to turn off the > feature that allows it to send email without your permission (although > it should be off by default of course). > > The reason I mention this is that I actually find ResearchGate to be the > only social networking site that actually is designed for researchers > rather than college students (Facebook) or business people (LinkedIn). > > For example, on my page > (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frederick_Gallun/), I was quickly > able to assemble a list of all my publications and to upload pdfs of > those that are not under copyright. The site had actually gone and found > the majority of the publications using Pubmed, and all I had to do was > approve them. It also shows the impact factor of each publication and > gives an average impact factor and the total number of “impact points” > for a given author (not that I think such things are very meaningful, > but it is somewhat amusing to think about). > > Furthermore, it allows you to “follow” colleagues so that you will get > alerts when they publish a new article. I think that they may have > alienated too large a percentage of their target audience with their > ham-handed tactics of spamming everyone’s co-authors. However, I do > think that something like this will be the way that we keep tabs on > activity in our field (and related fields) in the near future. I don’t > have the time to search through all the journals in which my colleagues > might be publishing, and this seems like it could be a great way to know > whenever a relevant article is published by someone I am interested in > “following”. Furthermore, I think that, if properly developed, such a > site could be a very good way to allow forums like the auditory list to > be integrated into a larger framework. > > Anyhow, I intend to keep interacting with such sites and providing > feedback to the developers in the hope that new and useful tools will be > created. > > Erick > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Frederick (Erick) Gallun, PhD > Research Investigator > > National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research > Portland VA Medical Center > 3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Road (NCRAR) > Portland, Oregon 97239* > Tel:* 503-220-8262 x57472 > > Fax: 503-721-1402 > > http://www.ncrar.research.va.gov/AboutUs/Staff/Gallun_A.asp > > This document is intended for the exclusive use of the recipient(s) > named above. It may contain sensitive information that is protected, > privileged, or confidential, and should not be disseminated, > distributed, or copied to persons not authorized to receive such > information. Unless otherwise noted, this communication represents the > views of the sender and not necessarily those of the VA or NCRAR. If > you are not the intended recipient or feel you have received this > document in error, please notify the sender immediately and destroy the > original. > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception > > > [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Al Bregman > > > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 6:02 PM > > > To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Re: Research Gate > > > > > > Hi John, > > > > > > Thanks for letting us know about Research Gate. > > > > > > Al > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------ > > > Albert S. Bregman, Emeritus Professor > > > Psychology Department, McGill University > > > 1205 Doctor Penfield Avenue > > > Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 1B1. > > > Office: Phone: (514) three-nine-eight-6103, > > > Fax: (514) three-nine-eight-4896 > > > http://webpages.mcgill.ca/staff/Group2/abregm1/web/ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------ > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 4:08 AM, John Culling <cullingj@xxxxxxxx > <mailto:cullingj@xxxxxxxx>> > > > wrote: > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > > > I thought I should alert everyone to this organisation's recruitment > > > methods. > > > > I received an email yesterday which appeared to be from a colleague > > > > and which invited me to join Research Gate and "claim" my papers. The > > > > invite included a picture of my colleague. She, however, has no > > > > relationship with this organisation and made no such invitation. > > > > > > > > John. > --