Open AccessLeveraging the Knowledge of Our Peers: Online Communities Hold the Promise to Enhance Scientific Research
Author(s) -
Thomas J. Sharpton,
Arpan A Jhaveri
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040199
Subject(s) - biology , citizen science , the internet , data science , world wide web , computer science , botany
SIPHS is a tool that leverages scientific resources online in a different fashion: rather than searching for online documents, users search for community members with a particular knowledge set.