Is ResearchGate credible?

Is ResearchGate credible?

There are credible researchers with strong records of good quality peer-reviewed publications, even the occasional Nobel prize-winner, who are signed up to ResearchGate. But there are also many others with much weaker publication records, and contributions of doubtful value.

Why is ResearchGate bad?

Researchgate is a very poor way, often and perhaps generally, counterproductive vehicle for the spread o publication news. It does an incredibly sloppy job of assembling information on scholars (e.g., catches only about 350 of my over 1000 citation at ISI and 3500 at Google Scholar and Hazing's Publish or Perrish).

What is ResearchGate?

ResearchGate is a European commercial social networking site for scientists and researchers to share papers, ask and answer questions, and find collaborators.

How do I use ResearchGate website?

Getting started with ResearchGate is easy – here's a quick overview of what to do first: If you haven't registered yet, start by visiting www.researchgate.net and clicking Join for free. Once your account is created, complete your profile to start connecting with your colleagues and other researchers around the world.

How is ResearchGate funded?

(Membership is free on ResearchGate, the company instead makes revenues from things like recruitment and other advertising, both of which are being directed at exactly the audience that those advertisers want to reach.)

Which is better Google Scholar or ResearchGate?

ResearchGate found statistically significantly fewer citations than did Google Scholar, but more than both Scopus and Web of Science. Scopus found more citations than did WoS, although this excludes the results for 155 articles not indexed in Scopus (the All articles bar in Fig. 1).

Should I use ResearchGate?

Having a ResearchGate profile is a must for the modern day researcher and best of all it is free! So there should be no excuses for not having one. Utilising the features available on the platform will improve you as a research scientist and may even create new opportunities.

Who can join ResearchGate?

ResearchGate is a professional network for researchers, which means that membership is reserved for those who are involved in scientific research. If you feel your membership request was denied by mistake, you can try submitting more information.

Is ResearchGate a publication?

ResearchGate is an academic community platform that allows researchers to upload their publications as published in academic journals.

How does ResearchGate make money?

There are currently 12 million registered members, compared to 467 million currently on LinkedIn. (Membership is free on ResearchGate, the company instead makes revenues from things like recruitment and other advertising, both of which are being directed at exactly the audience that those advertisers want to reach.)

What is your ResearchGate score?

• According to ResearchGate, the score includes the research outcomes that you share on the platform, your interactions with other members, and the reputation of your peers (i.e., it takes into consideration publications, questions, answers, followers). The RG Score is displayed on every profile alongside the basic information about a researcher.

Is it legal to add your publications to ResearchGate?

• It depends on copyrights. If the journal is open accessed, it is legal to float a copy on researchGate. If someone has given a private copy for his/personal use only, he/she can't add that on researchGate. If he/she do so, will violation if copyright agreement and is illegal.

Where to find research studies?

• Where to Find Research Studies. Nearly all research published in peer-reviewed health journals can be found by searching MEDLINE, a database available through PubMed. PubMed provides study abstracts (structured summaries providing key information about the design and main results of the research) at no charge.