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Life & fun · August 15, 2011

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Last year I asked HN to do it, now I am doing it myself-JournalClub iPad

Almost one year ago I asked HN if anybody is interested to make a Web app to make reading and finding scientific papers smarter [http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1664648]. No one did, at least no one did what "I" think is the best way to approach this problem. A a few month ago I decided to do it myself.<p>Meet JournalClub iPad app (absolutely free), http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/journalclub/id443819334? I have a recommendation engine in the pipeline that I would introduce in the next update (hopefully in a month or so). I really appreciate any comments, feedbacks.

Last year I asked HN to do it, now I am doing it myself-JournalClub iPad launched on August 15, 2011 with 13 votes, #61 of 248 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

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JournalClub is a free iPad app designed to help researchers and academics read and discover scientific papers more effectively. The app provides tools for finding and managing academic literature, with a recommendation engine planned for a future update. It was created by a developer who built the solution after finding no existing apps met their specific vision for making paper discovery smarter.

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