Last week on ResearchGate 3 new cites where identified on one of my papers. 1 from December 2022 and 2 from January 2022. How long does it take for Google Scholar to sync with ResearchGate and identify the new cites?
Also, I have noticed that generally there are more cites on Google Scholar on certain papers and more cites on ResearchGate on others? Does anyone know the reasons why?
I would imagine Google Scholar is picking cites from multiple sources which would explain why there are more cites on some papers on Google Scholar. The papers with additional cites on ReseachGate maybe just haven't sync'd with Google Scholar yet, I am assuming?
Martin McKie The amount of time it takes Google Scholar to pick up new citations from ResearchGate varies, and there is no predetermined time period for when this will occur. It can be affected by a number of factors, including how frequently Google Scholar scans ResearchGate for new citations and how quickly ResearchGate refreshes its database.
The disparity in the number of citations between Google Scholar and ResearchGate can be attributed to a variety of causes, one of which is that Google Scholar searches a broader range of sites than ResearchGate, and hence has more citations indexed. Furthermore, ResearchGate may only display citations from publications posted to their platform, but Google Scholar will display citations from all works. Furthermore, various publications may have varying levels of exposure and circulation within the scholarly community, which might influence the number of citations.
It's also worth mentioning that Google Scholar's citation counting technique isn't always perfect and may not incorporate all citations. The ResearchGate algorithm may potentially have certain limitations. It is also conceivable that duplicates, self-citations, or non-citable citations are being tallied.
In some cases, the citations from RG may never appear in GS (and vice versa). See also these discussions:
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
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