Hello,
I have recently added 2 publications: one in the journal entitled "Management International" and another one in International Business Review.
However, my score is still the same.
The score, my dear, is a game. You can even get punsihed by interacting more !
The RG oracle does not reveal itself so easily; just stay in the game and be prepared for the results of the 'uncalculable' RG score algorithm.
RG Help Center is saying: ...RG score is relative, it can go up or down depending on the activity and scores of other ResearchGate members. This means it takes the scores and interactions of every researcher into account to give a relative rating of your contributions...
Samia Belaounia this or closely related question are among the most often asked on RG, although the RG score shouldn't be taken too serious. Just in case it is important for you: The score reflects your research activity plus your interactions with other RG members. Thus it is important to continuously add research items (which you did) AND regularly answer questions of other RG members ot ask questions yourself. As the RG score is calculated only once a week, you will perhaps see some change next week. However, it can remain unchanged or even decrease when you are inactive on the platform for a longer period of time.
^^ Very good explanation (hints/tips) given by professor Frank T. Edelmann.
The score, my dear, is a game. You can even get punsihed by interacting more !
The RG oracle does not reveal itself so easily; just stay in the game and be prepared for the results of the 'uncalculable' RG score algorithm.
Thank you very much for your answers ! They are very helpful.
Best regards,
Samia
Dear Frank, It increased then decreased and increased again interacting with other members. I was not active at all and it seems that it makes a difference:)
Dear Samia Belaounia yes, RG wants you to be active on the platform all day long!
Abdelghani Rouini giving the same answer three times is certainly one way to increase the RG score....
Frank T. Edelmann INTERNET PROBLEM This is not a repetition of the answer
Oh.. I see. I got many things from this conversation. Thanks to all the contributors.
Regards,
PRC
I had the answer in this conversation of my question which was pinging my mind from yesterday.
Samia Belaounia, don't worry, work hard - sooner or later it will go up.
regards,
GB
Dear Prathvi Raj Chauhan you could for example try to add all research items you have. For example, add less obvious research items such as lectures, presentations, posters, pictures, protocols, manuscripts etc.
Der Samia Belaounia my last answer to Prathvi Raj Chauhan was meant for you too! You could also try an experiment: For one week (e.g. next week) try to answer 10-20 questions every day and see, how this has an effect on your RG score.
Thank you very much Prof. Frank T. Edelmann for valuable information.
Dear Prathvi Raj Chauhan you're very welcome. You could try both experiments: One week add as many new research items as possible, next week answer as many questions as possible. Then see how this affects your RG score.
I think getting many recommendations is important as well as many co-authors.
In my personal experience, the more you add scientific publications, the more RG score decreases or does not increase. Please add certificates and other documents, make a frequent post on other people's questions (one line two line is sufficient), that may help to boost your score.
If your publication dominates on your RG score, I am sure your increase in RG score will be quite slow.
Try to stay active, provide answers and ask questions, and share your research.
Hassan Izzeddin Sarsak I agree with you. It makes sense as Researchgate is a network.
There are many factors that control the degree. I stand with you. He should explain to the researcher how to raise or lower the rank.
I have been able to identify the secret behind increase in RG score. The secret is very simple; (a) answer as many new questions as possible, the higher the number of new questions you answer, the higher the RG score you get (b) add new research items especially research/review papers published in journals recognized by RG, and let the papers get high recommendations and reads
(c) ask questions that will attract recommendations and answers from many RG members (d) get followers
Without getting recommendations and reads, your newly added research items are not likely to attract increase in your RG Score. Similarly, the higher the recommendations your new answers and questions get, the higher your chances of getting increase in RG Score
If you want your research items, answers, questions, projects, etc. to get recommendations, endeavor to recommend those of other RG members. Invariably, many will also recommend yours.
Also, publication comments appear to have impact on increase in RG Score
Many thanks for this advice, Chinaza Godswill Awuchi
I start understanding the process :)
Dear Samia Belaounia I strongly suggest that you should not worry about minor changes in your score, because the score is randomly assigned to the RG members by the RG team. So don't expect too much of a logic behind the score. Adding 2 publications does not necessarily lead to an increase of your score. If the score is important for you (which it shouldn't) you need to find a good balance between research items and interaction with other RG members (Q&A). As I pointed out earlier in closely related threads, the RG score should not / must not be seen as an indicator for the quality of a researcher. Many good and excellent researchers don't even have an RG profile, and many of them who do don't care about the score whatsoever. When you look at their RG profiles, you will see the following: Questions: 0, Answers: 0. This means that these researchers (many Nobel laureates among them) just use RG to post their valuable research publications, but do no at all interact with other RG members.
Dear Frank T. Edelmann , thank you very much for your sensible answer. Indeed, the score is not so important. What matters is the possibility RG offers to exchange with other researchers about our works on related areas.
I think, RG score is supposed to be increased once per week, most likely, every Monday thus, wait with patience till that day. On the other hand, RG score may not be increased with only addition of research papers as quality of your research interms of journal where it is puplished is also fundamental requirement.
The RG score, just like many other research portals (e.g. Google Scholar, etc.), is not done manually or by the research gate team. It is done through an algorithm that the portal uses to generate such a score. In a simple word, this algorithm will be similar to a math equation that takes into consideration some variables when calculating the value of the equation (i.e. your score). Accordingly, if you would like to increase the score, you need to know the elements used in the algorithm (which is something that is not available to you or any other user on RG). However, from experience and trial and error, I do believe that the quality of the publication is a really important element here. As such, for increasing your RG score try to target journals with high IF, listed in Scopus and ISI.
One final note, if you would accept my humble opinion, being a researcher is not about scoring high at RG or any other matrix, it's mainly about enjoying what you do and adding knowledge. As such, just try to enjoy the ride and forget about the scores or any other thing that can take your joy away from you.
Have a nice day.
Game of interaction versus score is wrong.
site is RESEARCH Gate, not Bla bla bla Gate :)
Therefore, score should include IF of the published papers. As far as I remember, in the beginning it was so.
I thought I'd been quite active on ResearchGate last week but my score fell from 63.72 to 61.31.
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