The Researcher scientific information search service was founded in 2017, but conditioned upon its extensive functionality and ease of use, it is gaining more and more popularity. The platform operates on the principle of a social network: the feed of current news and materials is formed in a personalised manner, in accordance with the scientific interests of researchers. The Scientific Publications company offers to analyse the main tools of the Researcher service and the features of its use.
Researcher: service panels and main functions
The Researcher platform supports access to a variety of scientific materials, including peer-reviewed journals, blogs, podcasts, conferences and scientific meetings online. Before you start working with the service, you need to go through the registration procedure, specify the necessary contact details, select the research areas of interest, disciplines, keywords and journals.
After registration, each user enters his personal account, on the «Home» tab. There, in the form of a news feed, the most relevant information for the researcher is posted, depending on scientific interests:
- scientific articles;
- preprints;
- blogs;
- podcasts;
- online events and more.
For all materials, the title, information about the authors, and the date of publication are indicated. The full text of the documents is available for viewing via the DOI or a link to the website. All materials can be saved, and it is also possible to integrate events with a digital calendar.
In addition, using the «Home» panel, it is possible to edit previously selected journals and keywords of interest.
The «Journals» panel is used to view all publications that the platform supports access to, and add them to track updates of materials.
«Trending» displays the most viewed works within the Researcher service. Trends can be tracked by area and direction, view full versions of works and save them.
The «Search» panel searches for articles by name.
«Bookmarks» is a panel where all materials stored in Researcher are placed, information about them is integrated with free bibliographic managers (Mendeley, Zotero).
Using the «Setting» panel, the user has the opportunity to configure personal profile information or delete it altogether.
Additional features of Researcher
Researcher is available for use on the desktop and mobile versions, while the functionality of the service practically does not differ depending on the use case.
In addition, the developers of Researcher have launched two "Tools for the author": Journal Finder and Paper Finder.
■ Journal Finder – A web page for finding the most relevant journals to publish. To carry out the search, it is necessary to specify the title of the work, annotation, keywords, optionally attach a draft of the study. All relevant logs will be displayed indicating the value of the main metrics, type of access, ISSN in this form:
■ Paper Finder is a web plugin for searching for the necessary materials. Before starting work, the tool must be downloaded from the extension store ("Find Related Academic Papers | Researcher"), and then enter a search query. Search results display not only peer-reviewed materials, but also preprints, blogs and even posts on social networks.
The company «Scientific Publications» constantly monitors the current opportunities in the field of science and scientometry. For example, the tools of the Researcher service can save time on searching for sources and journals for publication, and also help to track the most current novelties of the research area of interest. If you need help with publishing processes, our specialists will be happy to advise you. Leave a request on the website or write to us via online chat.
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