Google Scholar Takes a Bite out of ResearchGate.net and Academia.edu – Cal schol.com

"On March 23, the Google Scholar team announced on their blog a new contribution to the OA self-archiving scholarly ecosystem. Google has released new functionality to help authors identify which articles are deposited OA in compliance with funder (whether gov or NGO) OA mandates all the while leveraging Google Drive–connected to a Google author’s profile–into an article self-archiving solution. A SWOT-styled analysis follows under the fold...."