Research Guides: Mendeley: Collaborate with Mendeley

Mendeley - Groups

Groups in Mendeley are a powerful tool that enhances collaboration among researchers with Mendeley accounts. They enable you to share resources, discuss ideas, and work together on projects. You can create your groups in Mendeley Desktop or Mendeley Reference Manager.

Types of Groups

Open: An open group will allow anyone to contribute, become a member, or follow.
Invite-Only: This group allows you to share references, not files and can be viewed publicly.
Private: Private groups allow members to share files and annotations. They are not visible to others outside the group, so read more about private groups and how to use them.

You can follow your groups from your Feed from your Mendeley Dashboard.

When you're in a group, use the Documents tab to view the shared references and the Members tab to view or invite members. This makes it easy to find what you need and manage your group effectively.

Note: Mendeley users with a free account can create and own a single private group. There's no limit on the number of private groups free users can join. However, each private group created by a free account can only have a maximum of three members.

Public Groups

Join one of over 100,000 public groups to discuss the latest research in your field, stir debate, add content, and promote your own work. Or even create your own public group.

To search for public groups on Mendeley: Login to Mendeley Web then click the groups tab and enter a topic of interest into the search bar to find groups related to that topic.

Your Mendeley Profile

Your Mendeley profile is similar to a social networking profile, except that focuses on your research and scholarship. Completing your profile helps you connect with others and promote your work.

You can add papers you've authored to the My Publications folder in your Library in Mendeley Desktop or Mendeley Reference Manager.

You can also connect your ORCID to your Mendeley profile.

Follow Leading Researchers

Identify collaboration partners with Mendeley. Search the people directory and follow interesting people.

Readership Statistics

Look at the bottom left of each paper page to learn a little more about who is using it.

Privacy

After creating your Mendeley account, you may want to adjust your privacy settings. You can find them with your account settings.