The Researcher was founded relatively recently – in 2017, but it is already very popular all over the world. The purpose of creating the service is to inform the scientists about the key news in the fields they study and popularize discoveries. Moreover, the program settings are personalized according to the needs of each user. The service allows finding the best journals for publishing papers, track the important news and events, and integrates with bibliographic managers. The Scientific Publications company offers to analyze the capabilities of the platform.
The Researcher service supports access to 19 thousand scientific sources of information, including peer-reviewed journals, preprints, blogs, podcasts and online events, divided into 10 research areas. When registering, the scientist chooses the subject area, scientific publications, and keywords that interest them. With this in mind, the service creates a personalized feed that resembles social networks.
Features of the Researcher platform
Registered users can log in to their profile and use the following tools:
Home. The main panel that users automatically access after registration. This page displays all the information that may be of interest to the scientist: publications, journals, and online events.
Scientific articles are displayed with the journal name, authors' names, article title, abstract text, graphic annotation (if any), and publication date. When switching to the full version of the paper, the user can read the text of the study, using the DOI or a link to the publisher's website. The paper is available for saving to your favorites. You can subscribe to content that is placed in the feed. Online events integrate with the calendar. The feed also displays preprints, blogs of scientists, etc.
On the tab "Home", one can view information about which keywords and materials the feed is configured for and edit them or add new ones if necessary.
On the tab "Journals", data about journals that the scientist monitors is displayed. You can unsubscribe from them or add new ones. To add publications, you need to select a research area, subject, and select journals.
The "Trending" tab displays which studies are most popular on the platform, the number of their views and their rating. You can track trends by field and subject area, view full versions of papers and save them.
Search. Search for scientific materials by their name.
Bookmarks. A library of saved documents that can be integrated with free bibliographic managers.
Settings. Personal profile settings: contact information, privacy settings that can be adjusted or deleted if necessary.
The Researcher's plugins and applications
Developers have created various plugins and applications that allow scientists to use the service in a convenient form and depending on their research goals. The main version is desktop, for use on a PC. Registration is possible via a Google account, email, or Facebook.
Furthermore, there is also a mobile application for the Researcher. It contains almost all the same functions as the PC version, but it is intended to be used on a smartphone.
In addition, there are two additional "Author tools" for the Researcher: Journal Finder and Paper Finder.
◉ Journal Finder – a web page that helps you find the journal that is best suited for publishing your paper. You need to enter the title of the paper, keywords, abstract, or even attach some rough materials (at the scientist's discretion). Based on this, the journals are searched. Each publication is displayed with the value of the main metrics, a link to the site, an ISSN, and the type of access.
◉ Paper Finder is a web-based plugin that allows searching for scientific materials on a particular subject. For this, you need to install the "Find Related Academic Papers | Researcher" extension and enter the required topic or keywords. The plugin will automatically display content according to the search query. Moreover, the search includes not only peer-reviewed articles, but also materials in blogs and even posts in social networks.
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