Is sharing of data good science?
Too Many Researchers are Reluctant to Share Their Data
Do Academic Scientists Share Information with Their Colleagues? Not Necessarily
Special in Nature: Data Sharing

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Sage Publishers offers recommendations for authors to increase the visibility of published works using social media outlets, “10 Ways to Increase Usage and Citation of your Published Article Using Social Media.”

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Version 1.6 of the NIH RePORTER was released on June 24, 2010. Among the new features include:
General Updates:

MyRePORTER feature has been added allowing users to create a MyRePORTER account to save and manage queries. When users are logged into their account, the Hit List page now has a ‘Save Query’ button so users can save [...]

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Tools for Authors libguide is now available. It contains resource for authors such as how to find collaborators, how to comply with the NIH Public Access Policy, how to find who is citing your work, and more.

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Interesting case example of author disambiguation: “When Alan met Alan.”

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Interesting articles about the use of Twitter and health information:
Dissemination of Health InformationThrough Social Networks: Twitter and Antibiotics
Medicine and Social Media: Why Do I Tweet?
Medicine in the Age of Twitter

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Beyond Scientific Publication: Strategies for Disseminating Research Findings
CARE: Community Alliance for Research and Engagement, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation
“A community research partnership is ideally part of a larger collaboration that includes the interests of each partner and spans a wide range of activities. Often a neglected afterthought in busy research schedules, the dissemination of key [...]

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Review this interesting study by Bahr and Cohen that investigated the synergistic features of published researchers at the Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute (OCTRI) to see how scientists with different specializations could work together to improve translational research.

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I found this interesting blog posting:
The next decade is likely to bring more change to scientific publishing than the decade that just ended. However, it will likely continue to be incremental change that builds on the existing infrastructure rather than destroying it. It will be change that puts pressure on publishers to become even more [...]

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Take a look at this interesting slide show titled “Technology Enabled Research.” It reviews how authors can establish a digital identity, keep track of research being done in their field and how to find collaborators using a variety of digital tools.

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