ResearchGate
ResearchGate

ResearchGate

Measured by AhrefsDR93Ahrefs DR: 93/100. Top 25%. Measured by Ahrefs. Median 44.Measured by StartupHub.aiAgent35Agent Readiness: 35/100. Below median. Measured by StartupHub.ai. Median 41.Measured by Google PageSpeedSpeed87Site Speed: 87/100. Top 25%. Measured by Google PageSpeed. Median 62.Measured by StartupHub.aiTrust69Data Trust: 69/100. Above median. Measured by StartupHub.ai. Median 61.

A professional network for scientists and researchers to share publications, collaborate, and track research impact.

ActiveBerlin, Germany

About

ResearchGate is a social networking site for scientists and researchers to share papers, ask and answer questions, and find collaborators. It provides tools for researchers to track the impact of their work through metrics like the ResearchGate Score and citation tracking.

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Scopus is a subscription-based abstract and citation database that competes with ResearchGate's features for tracking research impact and discovering literature, though ResearchGate offers a social networking aspect that Scopus does not.

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Clarivate AnalyticsCLVT

Web of Science is a subscription-based global citation database that competes with ResearchGate by providing tools for citation tracking and research discovery, but it lacks ResearchGate's social networking and collaboration features.

Competing product: Web of Science

Key facts

Website
researchgate.net
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Business model
B2B

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