Ed. Note: Google Scholar launched on Wednesday, November 17, 2004. Here’s a post about Google Scholar from November 18, 2024 (ResourceShelf via Wayback Machine) that I co-authored. Additionally, two media reports about the launch from
The early days 1. The team started with just two of us. Back in 2004, access to academic information was difficult to navigate and often restricted behind paywalls. We wanted to make it possible for researchers to be able to find and read what… Article Source https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/education/google-scholar-20-years/
Google Today marks the 20th anniversary of Google Scholar, a search tool for scholarly works developed in 2004. The passion project started with just two researchers at the helm and transformed into a web search engine that provides access to… Article Source https://www.zdnet.com/article/5-ways-to-use-google-scholar-to-supercharge-your-research-efforts/
Google Search may not get a lot of love these days, but a niche Chrome extension launched in March — Google Scholar PDF Reader — counts 500,000 users who leave largely positive reviews : “A revolutionary game changer. Considering naming my… Article Source https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/11/google-scholar-now-adds-ai-outlines-to-research-papers/
cagkansayin/Getty Images The economics of artificial intelligence are unsustainable for just about everyone other than GPU chip-maker Nvidia, and that poses a big problem for the new field’s continued development, according to a noted AI… Article Source https://www.zdnet.com/article/todays-ai-ecosystem-is-unsustainable-for-most-everyone-but-nvidia-warns-top-scholar/
For many Google Scholar has become a critical piece of research infrastructure. Yet, revelations in the manipulability of its metrics and its inclusion of AI generated papers have led some to ask is it still functional? Kirsten Elliott argues… Article Source https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2024/10/22/google-scholar-is-not-broken-yet-but-there-are-alternatives/
It’s true: Google Scholar profile of the renowned former physicist and polymath, Sir Isaac Newton bears a “verified email” note. According to Google Scholar, Isaac Newton is a “Professor of Physics, MIT” with a “Verified email at… Article Source https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-scholar-has-a-verified-email-for-sir-isaac-newton/