Alex Palazzo is a postdoctoral fellow working in the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School.
I've sign into yet another sciency LinkedIn type site. This time it's Epernicus. I've had a good look at the site, it's about on par with SciLink with some exceptions.
1) The scientific genealogy application on SciLink is much better then that on the Epernicus site. Why? You can extensively modify the tree beyond your own personal connections. Bigger trees are better (more info).
2) The profile page of Epernicus lists all your publications in chronological order - SciLink take note.
So by my quick score it's 1-1. I guess like every other epic battle (VHS vs. Beta, HD DVD vs. blu-ray and AC vs. DC) the winner will soon be acclaimed by popular demand.
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Hello,
Talking about scientific networking tools, I suggest you to have a look at InterMedi. This site offers networking tools in the field of biomedical research but has the particularity that no information has to be entered. The engine behind InterMedi relies on the Pubmed API and reflects true, meaningful relations between individuals, unlike most of social networking "friend" or "contact" relation.
It also shows publications, affiliations, collaborators, etc.
These applications are also discussed on the Personomics blog.
Have fun!
Posted by: Thibault Helleputte | July 22, 2008 3:56 AM