Mendeley Co-Founder Speaks To Asian Scientist | Asian Scientist Magazine | Science, Technology and Medicine News Updates From Asia

"As a Ph.D. student, Jan Reichelt found himself frustrated with the lack of social tools for researchers. This led him to co-found Mendeley, a free reference-management platform that enables researchers to organize and collaborate on their projects with greater ease and transparency. Mendeley is a cloud-based service available as a desktop program, a web service and an iOS mobile app (an Android app is in the works). In April 2013, Mendeley was acquired by Elsevier, the Amsterdam-based scientific, technical and medical publisher. This spurred a controversy in the online research community with many concerned that the acquisition would be detrimental to the company’s open access model, or worried at how their user data might be exploited to further the corporate machinery of Elsevier. Mr. Reichelt, who continues to lead Mendeley as its president, talks to Asian Scientist Magazine about the strong need for innovative research-enabling tools, the impact of the merger with Elsevier and his thoughts on the company’s future ..."