RESEARCHGATE

Engagement strategies

Daniela Casiraghi22.05.2014, EDUCAFE, METID – Politecnico di Milano

Collaboration and research sharing tools

Academia.edu

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ResearchGate9 million Academics4 million members

3 million members

ResearchGate: concept and timeline

ConceptBuilt by scientist for scientistIt started when two researchers discovered first-hand that collaborating with a friend or colleague on the other side of the world was no easy task.

Founded by physicians Dr. Ijad Madisch and Dr. Sören Hofmayer, and computer scientist Horst Fickenscher

TimelineFounded in 2008.-> March 2014, ResearchGate reports to have 4 million members (30 Nobel Laureates)-> January 2014, ResearchGate received the "Digital Innovation of the Year" award from Focus magazine. "Innovationen: ResearchGate, YouPickIt und SAP geehrt". January 21, 2014.

Main features

Home page

Lin, Thomas (16 January 2012). "Cracking Open the Scientific Process". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 August 2012.

“The Web site is a sort of mash-up of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, with profile pages, comments, groups, job listings, and “like” and “follow” buttons (but without baby photos, cat videos and thinly veiled self-praise). Only scientists are invited to pose and answer questions — a rule that should not be hard to enforce, with discussion threads about topics like polymerase chain reactions that only a scientist could love.”

Facebook, twitter e linkedIn for scientist

RG target?

Bernhard Wessling · 61.71 · 125.26 · BWSI, LaoWei Technology Consulting Inc.young researchers very much have the potential to generate new (unbiased) ideas which senior researchers should be open to, listen, appreciate, consider and support to implement, all this RG can help, and i think it is a really active platform.

Gajendra Pal Singh Raghava PhDWho are the users of ResearchGate?I have observed that most of the forums are dominated by youngsters, particularly students. I have not found too many senior researchers or science leaders or well known researchers in their field on scientific forums including ResearchGate.

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Who_are_the_users_of_ResearchGate

RG target: the real aim

“I think that if you haven’t published, you can still have lots of knowledge in your field, and institutions should honor that, but they need a way to prove it,” explains Madisch. “Scientists are publishing stuff on their ResearchGate profiles, helping other scientists, and earning a reputation. That reputation will be reflected within the system.”

Knapp, Alex (15 March 2012). "ResearchGate Wants To Be Facebook For Scientists". Forbes. Retrieved 9 August 2012.

Ian Kennedy · 104.48 · 0.95 · Independent ResearcherIt has taken me a year to find a stellar co-author via RG (whom I could not have found otherwise). As in most fields, there is a wide range of skill levels and understandings, not to mention some spammers participating. Just as Facebook was originally intended to find dates, the real use of RG is to find co-authors, and to feel part of a cosmopolitan and hybrid society.

Open research –> open review

Open Review is a new feature that lets you publish an open and transparent review of any paper that you have read, worked with, or cited.

Designed to approach the evaluation of research in a different way and by anyone.

How did you hear about RG?

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Members are automatically subscribed to a co-author’s feed, so that they can see work from and connect with their co-authors’ co-authors.

When a publication with multiple authors is uploaded, co-authors receive e-mail notification with invitation to join RG

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https://twitter.com/ResearchGate

Account Twitter: @ResearchGate

https://www.facebook.com/ResearchGate?fref=ts

Pagina Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/Academia.edu?fref=ts

E-mail notifications

Email notifications about Q&A you follow, ypour network activities, your stats

Email notifications with suggestion: how to increase your network, jobs and discussions you might be interested in, etc…

«Save time» features

Members will be asked to accept or decline publications.

ResearchGate finds publications for members from a number of major databases (PubMed, arXiv, IEEE, RePEC and CiteSeer ) enabling automatic creation of a publications list

Members will be asked to accept or decline invitation.

Members of the same institution receive suggestions to increase their network

Promote yourself

https://news.researchgate.net/index.php?/archives/175-Introducing-your-Profile-Overview-and-Author-Contributions.html

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Matching and promotional service

“ResearchGate has grown into a natural place for universities, agencies and companies to search for specialized talent. The site has 16,000 job posts, which are free for employers. Starting now, it’s charging $100 to $300 a month for companies that want premium placement for their listings.”

“The company will introduce a service that lets conference marketers pay to promote events and another for companies that want to advertise products, devices, books and services to scientists.”

Levy, Ari (January 8, 2013). "ResearchGate’s 2013 Resolution: Make Money". Bloomberg.

Funding

“Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates, the world’s richest person, is helping lead a $35 million investment in ResearchGate, a networking website for scientists.”Levy, Ari (4 June 2013). "Bill Gates Joins $35 Million Funding in Startup ResearchGate". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2 July 2013.

"ResearchGate brings in strong funding round for 'scientific Facebook'". The Guardian. 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-09.

«The round was led by Benchmark, with Accel and various UK superangels including Bebo founder Michael Birch, Accel's Simon Levene and Rolf Christof Dienst of Wellington. Scout24 founder Joachim Schoss, idealo.com co-founder Martin Sinner, Sedo.com co-founder Ulrich Essmann and MyVideo.de found Christian Vollmann have all joined the funding round. It's like buses. Benchmark's Matt Cohler, with Leven and Schoss, join the board.»