e-Research Collaboration : Theory, Techniques and Challenges

Research 2.0 is now a critical component in research management. This book describes how Web 2.0 technologies can help researchers collaborate. It contains examples of web portals including MyNetResearch and discusses critical aspects of research management.

e-Research Collaboration: Theory.- An Overview of e-Research Collaboration.- An Anatomy of Collaboration Within the Online Environment.- Time, Place and Cyberspace: Foundations for Successful e-Research Collaboration.- Gaps and Bridges in Interdisciplinary Knowledge Integration.- Building a Conceptual Framework for Creating New Knowledge Through a Virtual Interdisciplinary Environment Process.- e-Research Collaboration: Technologies.- Serverless Social Software for Nomadic Collaboration.- A Taxonomy of e-Research Collaboration Tools: Using Web 2.0 to Connect, Collaborate and Create with Research Partners.- Blogging to Accelerate Peer Review of Doctoral Dissertations.- The Butterfly Effect: An Approach to Web-Based Scientific Data Distribution and Management with Linkages to Climate Data and the Semantic Web.- Collaboration Among e-Research Projects in the UK: An Analysis Using Online Research Methods.- e-Research in International Cooperation Networks in Science and Technology Research.- Wikis in Design Engineering Research.- Shifting the Research Grant Collaboration Paradigm with Research 2.0.- Doctoral Programs in the Age of Research 2.0.- e-Research Collaboration: Challenges.- Issues Related to Research Ethics in e-Research Collaboration.- The Coming "République des Lettres".- E-Research Collaboration and the Free-Rider Problem: Communication Solutions to Social Dilemmas in Computer Mediated Research Collaborations.- Knowledge Sharing by Web 2.0 in Real Estate and Construction Discipline.- Creation of Social Capital in a Web Based Virtual Research Environment.