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ResearchGate

Commercial scientific social network

Softwaresocial networking service document repository scientific collaboration networkQ754454

Also known as researchgate.net · Researchgate · facebook for research · ResearchGate GmbH · researchgate.com

Founded: 2008
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ResearchGate is a commercial social networking site for scientists and researchers to share papers, ask and answer questions, and find collaborators. According to a 2014 study by Nature and a 2016 article in Times Higher Education, it is the largest academic social network in terms of active users, although other services have more registered users, and a 2015–2016 survey suggests that almost as many academics have Google Scholar profiles.

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Founded by: Ijad Madisch
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Sören Hofmayer
Horst Fickenscher
Headquarters: Berlin
Main Wikidata property: ResearchGate profile ID
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Country: Germany
Number of registered users/contributors: 10M(July 2016)
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Product or material produced: social networking service
Alexa rank: 184(August 11, 2020)
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161(January 29, 2021)
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Owned by: ResearchGate GmbH
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Social media followers: 77,247(February 4, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 18237848
70,099(March 1, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 18237848
58,324(January 2, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 18237848
51,382(April 15, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 18237848
Legal form: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
Member of: DataCite
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