
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
Data Elixer
A weekly collection of the best data science news, resources, and inspirations from around the world
Faculty Opinions
Experts select and share what they think is the most exciting and important research today
LiteracyTool
Educational web-platform helping with the discovery, understanding, and exploration of your scientific topics of interest
Wisdom.ai
create citations and bibliography and set up your research groups on the cloud to share files and references
Lazy Scholar
Finds free scholarly full texts, metrics and automatic sharing of links and citations
PubPeer
Search for publications and provide feedback and/or start a conversation anonymously

Sparrho
Personalized recommendation engine for science - allowing you to keep a birds eye view on all things scientific
Delve Health
A data collection of global clinical trials, clinical trial PI profiles, publications, and drug development pipelines
Labii
A suite of web apps for researchers, including an online app for finding, commenting, rating and managing research papers

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

SSRN
Multi-disciplinary online repository of scholarly research and related materials in social sciences
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
Kaggle
Connect with organisation in need of data prediction algorithms through open competitions for the best code
LifeScience.net
Online platform for professional networking and sharing of knowledge in life sciences
nanoHub
Centralized platform for computacional nanotechnology, research, education, and collaboration
Cureus
A free and open access medical journal and place for physicians to build a digital CV
Innocentive
Helps clients engage a world of creative and diverse on demand talent to rapidly generate novel ideas and solve important problems
Mendeley
A platform comprising of a social network, reference manager, and article visualization tools
Open Science Framework
Gathers a network of research documents, a version control system and a collaboration software
Trellis
A digital platform that connects you to the rest of the scientific community, ran by AAAS
Journal of Brief Ideas
Provides a place for short ideas to be described - in 200 words or less - archived, searchable, and citable
Loop
Open, cross platform network for researchers and academics from the Fronteirs Journals
Profology
A professional community created excusively for higher education faculty, staff and administrators
We Share Science
A place to share, search, organize, and connect research videos across research disciplines
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
Docollab
Helps you manage your scientific research, collaborate with your colleagues and publish your findings
Evernote
A place to collect inspirational ideas, write meaningul words, and move your important projects forward
LabArchives
Web based product to enable researchers to store, organize, and publish their research data
Laboratory Logbook
Document projects running in a lab and manage experimentally obtained data and its metadata
elabftw
Electronic lab notebook made by researchers, for researchers, with usability in mind
Findings App
Lab notebook app that allows you to organize experiemnts, keep track of results, and manage your protocols
Hivebench
Hosted numeric laboratory notebook tool to manage protocols, experiments and share them with your team
Lab Guru
Supports day to day activities of a research group, from vision to execution, from knowledge to logistics
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
Antibody Registry
Gives researchers a way to universally identify antibodies used in the course of their research
ELabInventory
Web-based laboratory inventory management system designed for life science research laboratories
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
IPOL journal
Research journal of image processing and image analysis with algorithm descriptions and its source code
Benchling
Life science data management and collaboration platform, where you can create, find, and discuss protocols
OpenWetWare
Share information, know-how, wisdom, and protocols among researchers working in biological fields
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
nanoHUB
Centralized platform for computational nanotechnology research, education, and collaboration
ROpenSci
Packages that allow access to data repositories through the R studio programming environment
Wings
Semantic workflow system that assists scientists with the design of computational experiments
Delve Health
Comprehensive source of real-time intelligence focused on life science research industry
TwistBioscience
Silicon-based DNA writing platform that provides access to high quality oligonucleotides, genes, and libraries
Ovation
Simplifies your scientific life from sample tracking for startup labs to data management
Synapse
Platform to support open, collaborative data analysis for clear, reproducible science
VisTrails
Scientific workflow and provenance management system that supports data exploration and visualization
World Map
Allows users to explore, visualize, edit, collaborate with, and publish geospatial information
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
wisdom.ai
Create citations and bibliography and set up your research groups on the cloud to share files and references
Mendeley
A unique platform comprising a social network, reference manager, and article visualization tools