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Uh meta is (was) just a version of Google Scholar with an emphasis on biomedical publications and better tools for scientists and clinicians to keep track of it
by jessfyi 5y ago
Uh meta is (was) just a version of Google Scholar with an emphasis on biomedical publications and better tools for scientists and clinicians to keep track of it all. Not sure that warrants your conspiratorial rant?
- nbzso 5y agoConspiratorial rant? Please. It is question of when, not how. Last time I checked, tracking and surveillance are normalized. People like to participate in "technology experiments". After Snowden what is changed in general? Nothing special. You have listening devices like Alexa & Echo, one web browser - Chrome, Ring, and people love it. So it is very logical, moving forward genetic tech to create a new "market" and people to love it.:)
- lmeyerov 5y agoI empathize with your concern, so it may help to understand how modern science works: scientists like these tools and a key (and required) part or their job is to work with them. Bibliometrics spans multiple scientific fields of research , eg, philosophy of science, and an important practical area that emerged are tools like Google scholar that are one of the key tools to how scientists work today. A scientist might skim 50+ papers for the background needed into every 1 paper they the write (and many more abstracts), so STEM researchers spend a LOT of time in tools like Google Scholar. Likewise, part of the job of a scientist is to disseminate their results to other scientists, so part of the writing process is to carefully adhere to bibliography conventions explicitly so tools like these can help make your work more accessible.