Additional Research Networking Tools....

After exploring Academia.edu and Mendeley, I found a lot of similarities in the services each offer and decided to explore other applications in this market and compare and contrast these resources.

I found a forum on researchgate.com (another similar application) that compares Academia.edu vs. Mendeley vs.  ResearchGate

Link to the forum:

http://www.researchgate.net/post/What_are_your_impressions_on_ResearchGate_versus_Academiaedu_versus_Mendeley12

My takeaways from the Forum:

Research Gate

Collaborative
Networking
Interactive
Discovery
Large community

Academia.edu

Publication based
Article sharing

Large audience across fields
Statistics Tracking

Mendeley
Literature Research Source
Reference/Citation Management
Organization
Quick access library

If you have used these applications, does this assessment from the forum seem accurate? Leave your thoughts!!