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 A new platform to allow virtually anyone to create data visualizations

Coming soon: a new research search engine that wants to compete with Google Scholar!

Not all of those mentioned on this list are that "new". Those I think that would be most useful to researchers: For metrics/statistics - Argyle, TwentyFeet.com & PostRank For content management - Trunk.ly & Storify & for Twitter hashtag tracking - HashTracking

New uni-based site that bridges the academic/journalist divide. A site to watch for interested researchers.

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Monitor the Web for interesting new content

Would somebody give the New York Times graphics division a pulitzer already! this is amazing: http://t.co/UCMr8SFj

By using the social web to convey both scholarly and public attention of research outputs, altmetrics offer a much richer picture than traditional metrics based on exclusive citation database information.

"Hiding your research behind a paywall is immoral As a scientist your job is to bring new knowledge into the world. Hiding it behind a journal's paywall is unacceptable"

Tumblr is a growing social media platform that is a bit of a mix between Twitter, a blog and something like Flickr (as it is normally associated with images or short videos). It is suited to multiple platforms and cloud-based. It is a platform that may suit some researchers. Another multi-platform blog along similar lines is Posterous.

Ohhhh - exciting new feature from Slideshare. Browser based conferencing system for online meetings. Still in Beta and if you want something to remain private you will have to have a pro account.

Graduate Junction is an online community connecting postgraduates who have similar academic interests. Graduate Junction aims to break down the interdisciplinary and institutional barriers that exist in academia and connect people based only on the work that they do and the interests that they have. Graduate Junction was founded in 2008 by two postgraduates at Durham University working alongside their own degree projects because they felt isolated in their own fields. When the first version of the Graduate Junction platform was launched it received support from postgraduates and academics alike. It has continued to grow with the community now containing almost 16,000 members. The community has continued to evolve over time with new functions and features added based upon suggestions from the community itself. All functionality added to the site since its launch has been requested by postgraduates. Despite having no external funding or support these changes have been made possible thanks to the time input of postgraduate volunteers, making Graduate Junction an entirely postgraduate-led initiative.

Article in NatureNews about the influence of Twitter on peer review and poor quality research papers.

A great relatively new resource for academic researchers at UTS and beyond.

New research Gateway at UNSW. I reckon we should have something similar at UTS.

Blog with tips on the presentation of complex information.

Freeware optimiser for converting pdf to mobi and smart phone formats. Promises to be really good for 2 column pdfs, which is freakin great news for journal articles.

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