Most of us are already familiar with Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Unfortunately, these sites may not be available in some countries due to censorship issues.
Moving away from these giant social media platforms, professional networking sites emerge to connect with a group of people sharing the same passion for research, learning, innovation, and education.
Examples of popular academic author profile networks are Google Scholar, Academia, Linked In and Research Gate.
SciProfiles, developed by MDPI, is an innovative social network for researchers and scholars. They facilitate immediate access to research results and provide opportunities for academic networking. Scholars on SciProfiles can highlight their contributions to their community and share their ideas freely.
SciProfiles allows you to do the following:
According to Linked In, their platform will help you:
Lowenthal, Dunlap & Stitson (2016) said that "the advent of social networking and media expands the social context for learning beyond formal classroom and training room settings." The use of social media in engaging people to learn makes it easy for us to collaborate, communicate and share information. Anonymous people may approach us online just by seeing our academic profile and may ask copies of our publications and presentations for their own research use. Professional networking sites also act as the scholar's online cv.