Can you see who read your paper in ResearchGate?

You can also see information about your readers by country, institution, seniority, and discipline. 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 does reads mean in ResearchGate?

What are reads? We've combined views and downloads because they say the same thing – that someone has read your work. A read is counted each time someone reads the summary or full-text, or downloads one of your publications from ResearchGate. Readers who are logged into the network and those who aren't will be counted.

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 legal to share full text on ResearchGate?

ResearchGate was developed by scientists to make collaboration, sharing, and communication between researchers easier. We respect the intellectual property rights of others and ask that you do the same. ResearchGate lets you: Upload public copies of your full-texts to publication pages.

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.

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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.

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.

Is it easy to publish on ResearchGate?

ResearchGate makes it easy for you to add your publications as well as your unpublished work to your profile. There are two ways to add research to your profile. You'll find clear instructions on both methods of adding research below.

Is an impact factor of 2.5 good?

The majority of journals, in fact, fall in the bracket of an IF of 1-1+. So, a journal with an IF of 2-2.5 would be considered having a higher impact than these journals. A journal with an IF of 5 or above would be considered high-impact, but note that these would be fewer in number.

What is the highest ResearchGate score?

In the sample of users with the highest RG Scores, the top score was that of Adam B. Shapiro (439.82). In this sample, there were 26 users whose RG Score was over 100, primarily due to asking and answering questions in the platform.

Who has the highest h-index?

Scientists with High H-Indexes

At the time of writing, the highest score recorded by Google Scholar is 300, by researcher Ronald C Kessler from Harvard University.

How do you know how many views a paper has?

You can upload your research paper on Research gate, Acedemia or google scholar. There you can see view and citations of your research paper. You can upload your article on ResearchGate, Academia or google scholar. From there you can see the views and citations of your articles.

What is the red dot in ResearchGate?

The red dot represents where this study is situated in terms of research paradigms and field.

How do I get my ResearchGate score?

ResearchGate Score

RG Score is calculated based on any contribution you share on ResearchGate or add to your profile, such as published articles, unpublished research, projects, questions, and answers.

Is ResearchGate better than Google Scholar?

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.

Is ResearchGate free to read?

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 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.

How do I increase my Reads on ResearchGate?

You can increase the visibility of your research by confirming you're the author of all your work on ResearchGate. When someone has confirmed they're the author of a publication, that publication gets up to 10 times more reads on average than publications without confirmed authors.

Why my ResearchGate score is low?

The RG score is a relative score. Therefore, this takes the scores and interactions of every researcher into account when producing a relative rating of our contributions. If our contributions are less than the average of all authors that week, our RG Score could decreases.

Can anyone access ResearchGate?

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

Can I publish my paper without paying any fee to a journal?

Most journals do not require article processing charge. Some of journals require article processing charge for publishing the paper.

Can I publish my own research paper for free?

Yes, you can publish a paper free of cost in some journals. These journals are known as open access journals, and they make their articles freely available to everyone online. To find open access journals in your field of research, you can use the following resources: Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Is Springer free to publish?

How much does it cost to publish in a Springer journal? For the majority of Springer journals, publishing an article is free of charge. If a journal requires page charges, you will find them on the journal's springer.com homepage or in its Instructions for Authors.