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There are a lot of social networks available, dedicated to different needs. However, there is none focusing on researcher as clientele. This seems to be changing with Mendeley, a social network dedicated to scientists. The site is still in the early beta phase and lacks of a lot of users, but already seems promising. Mendeley provides a client–which is also available for Linux and runs fine on my 64 bit Ubuntu installation–which allows managing ones publications and synchronises with the Mendeley profile.
As I want to explore this new network, I created my Mendeley profile just a couple of hours ago. Unlike the experiences made by Daniel Lemire, importing my publications from a BibTeX database was fairly easy. A feature that I’m missing currently is to publish a less detailed CV like it is possible in LinkedIn; when providing details about my education or professional experience, I’m enforced also to provide dates.
