{"id":8563,"date":"2019-07-17T22:47:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T21:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/?p=8563"},"modified":"2019-07-19T20:24:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T19:24:29","slug":"app-review-researcher-academics-and-scientists-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/2019\/07\/17\/app-review-researcher-academics-and-scientists-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"APP REVIEW \u2013 Researcher: academics and scientists updated"},"content":{"rendered":"
By F\u00e1bio Hech Dominski and Bruno Hech Dominski<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n
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APP REVIEW<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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NAME OF MOBILE APPLICATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Researcher<\/p>\n

CATEGORY OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Several areas, including medical and health sciences.<\/p>\n

PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Requires iOS 10.0 or later (compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch) and Android 5.0 or later.<\/p>\n

COST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Free<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE APP<\/strong><\/p>\n

Researcher is an app developed by Blenheim Chalcot\u00a0company (UK). Similar to a newsreader, the app brings together the latest publications from more than 12,000 journals from ten research areas (Arts & Humanities; Business & Management; Chemistry & Materials Science; Earth Sciences & Geography; Economics & Finance; Engineering & Computer Science; Life Sciences & Biology; Medical & Health Sciences; Physics & Mathematics; and Social Sciences & Psychology) and more than 200 subjects. It now has more than 1 million downloads.<\/p>\n

The app has five sections:<\/p>\n

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  1. Article feed,<\/li>\n
  2. Journals available,<\/li>\n
  3. Trending topics,<\/li>\n
  4. Bookmarks, and<\/li>\n
  5. User profile (user data about app usage) (Figure 1).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The user can follow specific journals of choice, or can save search strings based on keywords. It is also possible to\u00a0login to a personal account with ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) or use an institutional account.<\/p>\n

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    Figure 1. Researcher feed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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    USE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

    Considering the Medical & Health Sciences area, the Researcher app is useful for researchers, school teachers, physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, sports science and exercise professionals, those involved in public policy, and the general public. The app lists journals including the the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM), the most relevant journal of sports medicine (Impact Factor 11.645).<\/span><\/p>\n

    Decision-making in health needs to be based on scientific principles1<\/sup>. The Researcher app is a tool to keep updated on journals or topics of interest, being easy to access and efficient, provides the user with the latest research published.<\/p>\n

    PROS<\/b><\/p>\n