Scispace.net
Overview
 

Scispace, originally known as Scispace.net is a non-commercial
Non-commercial
Non-commercial refers to an activity or entity that does not in some sense involve commerce, at least relative to similar activities that do have a commercial objective or emphasis...

, non-profit and free-to-use social network service
Social network service
A social networking service is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on building and reflecting of social networks or social relations among people, who, for example, share interests and/or activities. A social network service consists of a representation of each user , his/her social...

 designed specifically for collaborating researchers. In several respects it builds on many of the tools found in standard social network service
Social network service
A social networking service is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on building and reflecting of social networks or social relations among people, who, for example, share interests and/or activities. A social network service consists of a representation of each user , his/her social...

 and elearning sites, such as the use of wikis, blogs, comments, tags, comment walls, and profiles. However, unlike many of these sites, privacy and fine-grained access control is of paramount importance..

Scispace has been developed by scientists in an academic environment, but the owners/authors believe that the approach might also meet the needs of collaborators working in other disciplines and environments.
The main features available for members include
  • User profiles to both explain their work/interests/expertise and to discover other potential collaborators
  • Ability to form communities
  • Fine-grained access control over user content and community content
  • RSS feeds and the ability to aggregate external RSS feeds
  • User/community tools such as wikis, blogs, comments, messages, tags, comment walls.
  • Ability to upload images and documents for sharing with collaborators.


Scispace is built on the Elgg
Elgg (software)
Elgg is open source social networking software that provides individuals and organizations with the components needed to create an online social environment. It offers blogging, microblogging, file sharing, networking, groups and a number of other features....

 package, which as a white label
White label product
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, open source
Open source
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 product is ideal for academic applications.
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