has more than 8300 registered users. It is estimated that 30–50% of researchers from a wide range of institutions and countries studying Alzheimer's internationally are registered or active on the site. The success of Alzforum has resulted in its online disease-specific scientific community framework being cloned in other areas of research into neurological disorders. Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Forum, Pain Research Forum, Schizophrenia Research Forum and PD Online (a site for research into Parkinson's disease, funded by the Michael J. Fox Foundation) are using the same approach as Alzforum. References Bibliography Clark T, Kinoshita J. (2007) Alzforum and SWAN: the present and future of scientific web communities. Brief Bioinform; 8(3):163–71. Das S, McCaffrey PG, Talkington MW, Andrews NA, Corlosquet S, Ivinson AJ, Clark T. (2014) Pain Research Forum: application of scientific social media frameworks in neuroscience; . eCollection 2014. Free full text. Kinoshita, June and Gabrielle Strobel. (2006) Alzheimer Research Forum: A Knowledge Base and e-Community for AD Research,” Alzheimer: 100 Years and Beyond. Eds. Jucker M, Beyreuther K, Haass C, Nitsch R, Christen Y. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg. Kinoshita, J. & Clark, T., (2007) Alzforum: E-Science for Alzheimer Disease. From Methods in Molecular Biology: Neuroinformatics. Edited by C.J.Crasto. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press. Lars Bertram, Matthew B McQueen, Kristina Mullin, Deborah Blacker & Rudolph E Tanzi. Systematic meta-analyses of Alzheimer disease genetic association studies: the AlzGene database. Nature Genetics 39, 17 – 23 (2007) doi:10.1038/ng1934 Jennifer Weuve, Matthew B. McQueen, Meredith Harrington, Jacqueline O'Brien, Shanshan Li, Melinda Power, Maile Ray, C Knep, June Kinoshita, Deborah Blacker. The AlzRisk database: Web-based catalogue and meta-analysis of findings from epidemiologic studies of non-genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association. Volume 6, Issue 4, Supplement, Page S125, July 2010. Abstract. External links AlzForum Medical websites Alzheimer's and dementia organizations