Can I use ResearchGate as a student?

ResearchGate is a professional network for researchers, which means that membership is reserved for those who are involved in scientific research.

Can you join ResearchGate without institutional email?

Yes, even I did not have a university ID, hence it is possible to open a ResearchGate account even if you do not have a university email address. ResearchGate might ask you to prove that you are a researcher by uploading some files.

Can I use ResearchGate for free?

This also does not require an account. However, if prompted, you may join ResearchGate for free by creating a username and password.

Is ResearchGate free for everyone?

Is there a cost? Creating an account on ResearchGate is free. All ResearchGate members will be able to access content from the participating open access journals.

Is ResearchGate considered scholarly source?

Many researchers and scientists will post PDFs of their articles on ResearchGate, so it is a source of free scholarly articles. They are often indexed by Google Scholar.

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Which is better Google Scholar or ResearchGate?

The results indicate that there are significantly high differences in publications and citations for the same authors captured by the two platforms, with Google Scholar having higher counts for a vast majority of the cases.

Does ResearchGate count as a publication?

ResearchGate is not a publisher and does not accept articles or papers for publication. Rather, members can track their publications, store private copies, and make their published or unpublished work publicly available on ResearchGate – if they have the rights to do so.

How does ResearchGate help students?

ResearchGate connects you with other researchers, helps you discover content valuable to your work, and lets you make your own research visible. Here's how: Connect with colleagues, co-authors, and specialists in your field. Add your research to your profile to make it discoverable by other researchers.

Is it legal to add full text in ResearchGate?

Adding full text to publications on ResearchGate

Check which versions of a publication, if any, you may post on ResearchGate using the Posting Journal Articles Online guide. Please only post the full-text of articles that have been published in journals that allow you to do so.

Is it OK to upload papers to ResearchGate?

Uploading the full text is considered as making it public. If you have published your paper in a journal you should check the publisher's conditions. The best place to do so is the SHERPA/RoMEO database. ResearchGate attempts to do an automatic check on this database but to be sure, it is better to check it yourself.

Is ResearchGate removing projects?

On March 31, 2023, we retired the Projects feature and removed all projects from the site. This was a difficult decision, and it required a lot of discussion and deliberation. At the end of the day, our goal is to create a better science by empowering researchers to do their best work.

Is it legal to use sci-hub?

Content on Sci-hub is also freely and immediately available; the major difference is that their content is illegally obtained through library databases.

How does ResearchGate make money?

ResearchGate is a popular academic profile site and for-profit company that makes money through sponsors, as well as recruitment and other advertising, so practically selling data about its users to advertisers, then carrying that advertising to the target audience.

How to get a ResearchGate account without being attached to an institution?

Account nominations let people create a ResearchGate account without the need for an institutional email address. Step 1: Once you are logged in to your ResearchGate account, go on the top right-hand side, and click on the down icon that is next to you profile picture. Step 2: Click on the Invite Colleagues. button.

Can anyone publish on ResearchGate?

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ResearchGate is not a publisher, you cannot publish a paper here. It is a platform for papers published in journals, or to present unpublished texts, data etc.

How do I hide my ResearchGate account?

Is Everything on ResearchGate peer reviewed?

ResearchGate does not charge fees for putting content on the site and does not require peer review.

How much does it cost to publish a paper in ResearchGate?

Article Processing Charge(APC) which means publication fee of articles depends upon the academic publishers who publish the articles. They publish article with two ways. They often charge $100 to over $3,000 for both types of article publishing open and closed.

What happens when you request full-text on ResearchGate?

Full-text requests can only be fulfilled by the authors of the publication. No content is automatically supplied in response to a request and in no event will ResearchGate make available or provide a copy of the full-text you have requested.

Should I make a ResearchGate account?

Before you create a ResearchGate profile or upload any publications you should consider the risks and issues involved, such as security, confidentiality and copyright: ResearchGate is a commercial platform. Researchers should be aware of their publishers' policies on sharing their publications, ie.

Which one is better ResearchGate or Academia Edu?

ResearchGate claims 15 million users, and it will help you connect with many researchers who aren't on Academia.edu. It can also help you understand your readers through platform-specific metrics, and confirm your status as a helpful expert in your field with their “Q&A” feature.

What are the benefits of joining ResearchGate?

Does ResearchGate tell who viewed your profile?

Depending on your profile visibility settings, you can also see some of the profiles of the people who recently read your work, allowing you to connect with people who are interested in your research.

What is a good score on ResearchGate?

For most (around 60%) of our sample of members, their Publications is the only component present; very few members have a score (for publications alone) greater than 60 no matter how many articles they have published. A score of around 40 earns the approbation 'Your score is higher than 97.5% of ResearchGate members'.

Is it OK to share preprint?

A preprint is a research manuscript before formal peer review and publication. Pretty much all of the mos important editing companies / journals allow preprints. Sharing preprints helps promoting open science and increases your research visibility and impact.