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Digital Tools for Researchers

There used to be a webpage called connectedresearcher.com that had the most comprehensive list of digital research tools I have ever seen.  Unfortunately, it looks like that site no longer exists. This page is my attempt to recreate it. If you have other tools you like or categories you would like to see, please reach out to me

Sourcing Papers

What I Use

Google Scholar

The power of google search applied to academic literature

Paperpile

Web based paper manager, built on top of google drive

STORK

Email notifications for new publications and grants based on the users' own keywords.

Unpaywall

Find free/open access versions of journal articles

Scite

NLP driven exploration of whether an article supports or contradicts previous research

Open Access Button

Find free/open access versions of journal articles

Other Tools

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Bibsonomy

Share bookmarks and lists of literature

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Data Elixer

A weekly collection of the best data science news, resources, and inspirations from around the world

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Faculty Opinions

Experts select and share what they think is the most exciting and important research today

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LiteracyTool

Educational web-platform helping with the discovery, understanding, and exploration of your scientific topics of interest

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MyScienceWork

Diffuse scientific information and knowledge in a free and accessible way

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PubNiche

A scientific research news curator

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Research Professional

Source of intelligence on funding opportunities and research policy

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Symplur

Connecting the dots in healthcare social media

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Wisdom.ai

create citations and bibliography and set up your research groups on the cloud to share files and references

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DeepDyve

Instant access to the journals you need

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Lazy Scholar

Finds free scholarly full texts, metrics and automatic sharing of links and citations

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Mendeley

A social network, reference manager, and article visualizer bundled into one

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Paperity

A multidisiplinary aggregator of open access journals and papers

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PubPeer

Search for publications and provide feedback and/or start a conversation anonymously

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Sparrho

Personalized recommendation engine for science - allowing you to keep a birds eye view on all things scientific

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Wiki Journal Club

Open User-reviewed summaries of the top studies in medical research

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ContentMine

Uses machines to extract facts from the scientific literature

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Delve Health

A data collection of global clinical trials, clinical trial PI profiles, publications, and drug development pipelines

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Labii

A suite of web apps for researchers, including an online app for finding, commenting, rating and managing research papers

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Microsoft Academic Search

Find information about academic papers, authors, conferences, journals and organizations from multiple sources

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Paperscape

A map of over 1 million papers published on arxiv

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Papers App

Read, manage and discover new literature

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SSRN

Multi-disciplinary online repository of scholarly research and related materials in social sciences

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Zotero

Helps you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources.

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Connect with others

What I Use

Google Scholar

The power of google search applied to academic literature

Paperpile

Web based paper manager, built on top of google drive

STORK

Email notifications for new publications and grants based on the users' own keywords.

Unpaywall

Find free/open access versions of journal articles

Scite

NLP driven exploration of whether an article supports or contradicts previous research

Open Access Button

Find free/open access versions of journal articles

Other Tools

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Academia

A place to share and follow research and researchers

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inospin

Platform in life science worldwide to networks, work, look up information

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Expertnet

Helps you locate experts in florida universities

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Kaggle

Connect with organisation in need of data prediction algorithms through open competitions for the best code

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LifeScience.net

Online platform for professional networking and sharing of knowledge in life sciences

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MalariaWorld

The world's scientific and social network for malaria professionals

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nanoHub

Centralized platform for computacional nanotechnology, research, education, and collaboration

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ResearchGate

Social network for researchers

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Speakezee

Bringing speakers and audiences togethers

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Addgene

Connect with other researchers through this plasmid sharing platform

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Cureus

A free and open access medical journal and place for physicians to build a digital CV

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Innocentive

Helps clients engage a world of creative and diverse on demand talent to rapidly generate novel ideas and solve important problems

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LabRoots

Social network for researchers

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LinkedIn

Professional networking site for all

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Mendeley

A platform comprising of a social network, reference manager, and article visualization tools

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Open Science Framework

Gathers a network of research documents, a version control system and a collaboration software

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ScienceExchange

Marketplace for shared lab instrumentations

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Trellis

A digital platform that connects you to the rest of the scientific community, ran by AAAS

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Benchling

Life science data management and collaboration platform​

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Direct2experts

A federated network of biomedical research expertise

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Journal of Brief Ideas

Provides a place for short ideas to be described - in 200 words or less - archived, searchable, and citable

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LabsExplorer

Search for R&D partners, increase your visibility and gain financing

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Loop

Open, cross platform network for researchers and academics from the Fronteirs Journals

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MyScienceWork

Diffuse scientific information and knowledge in a free and accessible way

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Profology

A professional community created excusively for higher education faculty, staff and administrators

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SocialScienceSpace

Social network to bring for social scientists​

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We Share Science

A place to share, search, organize, and connect research videos across research disciplines

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Electronic Lab Notebooks

What I Use

Google Scholar

The power of google search applied to academic literature

Paperpile

Web based paper manager, built on top of google drive

STORK

Email notifications for new publications and grants based on the users' own keywords.

Unpaywall

Find free/open access versions of journal articles

Scite

NLP driven exploration of whether an article supports or contradicts previous research

Open Access Button

Find free/open access versions of journal articles

Other Tools

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Docollab

Helps you manage your scientific research, collaborate with your colleagues and publish your findings

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Evernote

A place to collect inspirational ideas, write meaningul words, and move your important projects forward

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LabArchives

Web based product to enable researchers to store, organize, and publish their research data

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Laboratory Logbook

Document projects running in a lab and manage experimentally obtained data and its metadata

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elabftw

Electronic lab notebook made by researchers, for researchers, with usability in mind

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Findings App

Lab notebook app that allows you to organize experiemnts, keep track of results, and manage your protocols

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Lab Folder

A simple way to document your research and to organize your protocols and data

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SciNote

Open source lab notebook with workflows and modular functionalities

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ELabJournal

GLP-compliant Electronic Lab Notebook and lab management tool

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Hivebench

Hosted numeric laboratory notebook tool to manage protocols, experiments and share them with your team

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Lab Guru

Supports day to day activities of a research group, from vision to execution, from knowledge to logistics

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Sumatra

Automated electronic lab notebook for computational projects

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Find and Share Samples

What I Use

Google Scholar

The power of google search applied to academic literature

Paperpile

Web based paper manager, built on top of google drive

STORK

Email notifications for new publications and grants based on the users' own keywords.

Unpaywall

Find free/open access versions of journal articles

Scite

NLP driven exploration of whether an article supports or contradicts previous research

Open Access Button

Find free/open access versions of journal articles

Other Tools

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Addgene

Plasmid sharing platform

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Biospecimins

Platform for biospecimen- based research

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Antibody Registry

Gives researchers a way to universally identify antibodies used in the course of their research

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ELabInventory

Web-based laboratory inventory management system designed for life science research laboratories

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antYbuddY

An independent antibody review platform and supporting peer to peer forum

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Protocol Repository

What I Use

Google Scholar

The power of google search applied to academic literature

Paperpile

Web based paper manager, built on top of google drive

STORK

Email notifications for new publications and grants based on the users' own keywords.

Unpaywall

Find free/open access versions of journal articles

Scite

NLP driven exploration of whether an article supports or contradicts previous research

Open Access Button

Find free/open access versions of journal articles

Other Tools

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Benchfly

Video protocols and video platform for scientists

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IPOL journal

Research journal of image processing and image analysis with algorithm descriptions and its source code

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Pegasus

Platform that helps workflow-based applications execute

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Protocol Online

A curator of protocols contributed by researchers around the world

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Benchling

Life science data management and collaboration platform, where you can create, find, and discuss protocols

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MyExperiment

Share workflows and in silico experiments

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Protocol Exchange

Open protocol repository driven by the Nature publishing group

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Scientific Protocols

Share scientific protocols using the GitHub platform

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Bio-Protocol

Online peer-reviewed protocol journal

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OpenWetWare

Share information, know-how, wisdom, and protocols among researchers working in biological fields

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Protocols

Crowdsourced universal protocol repository

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Work with data

What I Use

Google Scholar

The power of google search applied to academic literature

Paperpile

Web based paper manager, built on top of google drive

STORK

Email notifications for new publications and grants based on the users' own keywords.

Unpaywall

Find free/open access versions of journal articles

Scite

NLP driven exploration of whether an article supports or contradicts previous research

Open Access Button

Find free/open access versions of journal articles

Other Tools

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Castor EDC

User friendly and affordable online data collection for medical research

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Dat data

Open source, decentralized data tool for distributing datasets small and large

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GenePattern

Genomic analysis platform that provides access to hundreds of genomics tools

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Kitware

Advanced software solutons and services for data intensive R&D

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nanoHUB

Centralized platform for computational nanotechnology research, education, and collaboration

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Pegasus

Platform that helps workflow-based applications execute

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ROpenSci

Packages that allow access to data repositories through the R studio programming environment

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SURF in context

Navigate through RDF relations in a smooth and comprehensible way

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Taverna

A suite of tools used to design and execute scientific workflows

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Wings

Semantic workflow system that assists scientists with the design of computational experiments

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Benchling

Life science data management and collaboration platform

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Delve Health

Comprehensive source of real-time intelligence focused on life science research industry

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TwistBioscience

Silicon-based DNA writing platform that provides access to high quality oligonucleotides, genes, and libraries

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mloss

Machine Learning open source software

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Ovation

Simplifies your scientific life from sample tracking for startup labs to data management

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Plotly

Online tool to graph and share data

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Statcrunch

Provides data analysis via the web

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Synapse

Platform to support open, collaborative data analysis for clear, reproducible science

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VisTrails

Scientific workflow and provenance management system that supports data exploration and visualization

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Wolfram Alpha

Web-based tools for scientific calculations

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Datazar

Research collaboration platform where you can easily explore, use and share data

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Galaxy Project

Web-based platform for data intensive biomedical research

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Kaggle

Platform for data prediction competitions

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MyExperiment

Share workflows and in silico experiments

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PCR Drive

Free platform that supports researchers in all their PCR-related processes

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Riffyn

Cloud software for visual, collaborative, reproducible innovation

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Sumatra

Automated electronic lab notebook for computational projects

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Tableau

Easily and quickly analyze and present data and share insights

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WebPlotDigitizer

Web based tool to extract data from plots, images, and maps

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World Map

Allows users to explore, visualize, edit, collaborate with, and publish geospatial information

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Work with data

What I Use

Google Scholar

The power of google search applied to academic literature

Paperpile

Web based paper manager, built on top of google drive

STORK

Email notifications for new publications and grants based on the users' own keywords.

Unpaywall

Find free/open access versions of journal articles

Scite

NLP driven exploration of whether an article supports or contradicts previous research

Open Access Button

Find free/open access versions of journal articles

Other Tools

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CitationStyles

Find and edit CSL citation styles

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EndNote

Software tool for publishing and managing bibliographies, citations and references

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Paperpile

No-fuss reference management for the web

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Citavi

Reference management, knowledge organization, and task planning solution

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Sciwheel

A workspace for scientists to collect, write and discuss scientific literature

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Papers

Helps you collect and curate the research material that you are passionate about

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wisdom.ai

Create citations and bibliography and set up your research groups on the cloud to share files and references

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Mendeley

A unique platform comprising a social network, reference manager, and article visualization tools

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Zotero

Helps you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources

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