H_ index is highly different between research gate and Google scholar
Indeed, for some researchers the values are considerably different, for others the differences are not so large. See these discussions for considerations about the reasons:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Which_is_more_accurate_in_reflecting_research_outputs_Google_Scholar_or_ResearchGate2
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Does_anybody_know_how_we_can_add_the_missing_citations_in_Research_Gate_as_will_as_Google_Scholar_profile
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_there_any_method_to_add_missing_citation_of_your_work_in_RG_As_most_of_the_papers_have_more_citations_as_per_google_scholer_but_very_low_in_RG
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_to_include_all_citations_on_RG_and_Google_scholar_citing_your_manuscript
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_can_we_add_citations_in_google_scholar_and_Research_Gate_for_our_articles
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_can_I_link_my_articles_on_research_gate_to_google_scholar
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_to_link_Research_Gate_article_citations_to_Google_Scholar_and_vice-versa
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Can_someone_help_me_understand_why_there_a_difference_in_the_number_of_citations_shown_in_a_persons_Researchgate_and_Google_Scholar_account
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Why_is_citation_count_of_research_articles_different_in_Research_gate_from_that_of_google_scholar
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Why-does-my-article-citations-appear-in-google-scholar-but-not-included-in-research-gate
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Why-some-citations-are-not-recorded-which-are-found-in-google-scholar
https://www.researchgate.net/post/I_have_4_citations_in_Google_scholar_can_these_citations_be_captured_by_RG
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_to_add_missing_citations_on_Google_scholar_Research_gate_and_Scopus
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Does_any_know_how_can_I_add_missing_citations_to_google_scholar_and_resaerch_gate
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Does_anyone_know_how_long_it_takes_for_Google_Scholar_to_pick_up_new_citations_from_ResearchGate
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Recent_publications_and_Citations_on_ResearchGate_are_not_getting_indexed_in_Google_Scholar
Hello Prof Muhamad R. Abdel Hameed
I have heard of this problem many times previously. Most people say their h-index is consistently higher with GS. How much of a difference was there for you?
There are several reasons for the difference in the H-index and citation count between Google Scholar and ResearchGate. These some of the reasons:
1- Google Scholar may include more sources, such as books and conference proceedings, while ResearchGate may focus more on journal articles.
2- ResearchGate allows researchers to manually add their publications and citations, which can lead to inaccuracies if not all researchers report their publications and citations. Google Scholar, on the other hand, automatically tracks citations from various sources.
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