Can "follow" people in your network; finds co-authors for you
Can post questions
Find job opportunities
Multiple stats including profile views, article reads, citations, etc.
Open on the web
Sends emails with updates
Provides space to include a personal narrative to describe research interests
Allows export of data to create CV
Addition of non-article scholarly output like computer code, intellectual property, negative results
RG has access to full text articles where the user may or may not have the right to post them; review your publication agreement before posting anything online!
Emails from system make people question the legitimacy of the site
How do they calculate their stats?
Visit the ResearchGate website to create an account.