SOCIAL NETWORKS AND SCIENCE
The underlying principles of using social networks for scientific purposes are researched in the article. The author indicates that the main problem of social networks use in scientific search is the instantaneous distribution of unverified and non-copyright data about current researches, and it contradicts the current system of scientific results confirmation. The main advantage of social networks in the author’s opinion is their possibility to create the literal online-reconstruction of the front line of researches through the creation of the online communities of scientists, who can exchange information about the progress of scientific problems study in continuous mode.