Research in both academic and non-academic circles has remained virtually identical in its conduct and organization over the last few decades. Disparate groups of researchers have worked on their ideas, projects and inventions in isolated clusters, with little sharing of information and synergies from collaboration. The advent of social networks and Web portals such as MyNetResearch have led to the creation of new research networks that dramatically reduces the barriers and obstacles to collabor

Bibliographic Information

Type: Book Chapter

Book Title: E-Research Collaboration: Theory, Techniques and Challenges (2010)

Page Reference: 153-166

ISBN: 9783642122569