Williams Antony J, Peck Lou, Ekins Sean
National Center for Computational Toxicology, Environmental Protection Agency, Durham, NC, 27711, USA.
Lou Peck Consulting, Swansea, SA4 3JQ, UK.
F1000Res. 2017 Aug 3;6:1315. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.12185.1. eCollection 2017.
There is an abundance of free online tools accessible to scientists and others that can be used for online networking, data sharing and measuring research impact. Despite this, few scientists know how these tools can be used or fail to take advantage of using them as an integrated pipeline to raise awareness of their research outputs. In this article, the authors describe their experiences with these tools and how they can make best use of them to make their scientific research generally more accessible, extending its reach beyond their own direct networks, and communicating their ideas to new audiences. These efforts have the potential to drive science by sparking new collaborations and interdisciplinary research projects that may lead to future publications, funding and commercial opportunities. The intent of this article is to: describe some of these freely accessible networking tools and affiliated products; demonstrate from our own experiences how they can be utilized effectively; and, inspire their adoption by new users for the benefit of science.
科学家和其他人员可以使用大量免费的在线工具，这些工具可用于在线社交、数据共享和衡量研究影响力。尽管如此，很少有科学家知道如何使用这些工具，或者未能将其作为一个集成管道来提高对其研究成果的认知。在本文中，作者描述了他们使用这些工具的经验，以及如何充分利用这些工具，使他们的科研成果更易于获取，将其影响力扩展到直接社交网络之外，并向新的受众传达他们的想法。这些努力有可能通过激发新的合作和跨学科研究项目来推动科学发展，这些项目可能会带来未来的出版物、资金和商业机会。本文的目的是：描述一些这些免费的社交工具和相关产品；根据我们自己的经验展示如何有效利用它们；并激励新用户采用这些工具，以造福科学。
