It depends very much on the journal and the publisher. When you publish a paper, you are usually required to sign a copyright form. It's all in there, if you can be bothered reading it - be warned, though - those things are tedious to read. And impenetrable. Usually, you are not permitted to put a paper up on R/gate until a year after it was published.

Thanks Dr. Vishnu Kumar Gupta for the valuable information

You are welcomed Dr. Vishnu Kumar Gupta

In certain cases the law is not allowed

But, the zakaah of knowledge is published

I appreciate your contribution Dr. Fatimah

Following

If the journal is open access , there is no problem

Many thanks Mr. Ahmed and Mrs. Salsabeel.

interesting question

Thank you for interesting Dr. Ola

Good question and one I’ve asked certain journals. I believe some journals do have issue with it.

Thank you Dr. David Parry for sharing your opinion.

It depends very much on the journal and the publisher. When you publish a paper, you are usually required to sign a copyright form. It's all in there, if you can be bothered reading it - be warned, though - those things are tedious to read. And impenetrable. Usually, you are not permitted to put a paper up on R/gate until a year after it was published.

Interested information Dr. William Murray Thomson. Thank you very much.

It depends on the copyright policy of the journal. You can check the copyright policy of a journal in Sherpa/Romeo:

http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/search.php?la=en&fIDnum=|&mode=simple

Thanks a lot Dr. Kiramang for your contribution.

There is an explanation of ResearchGate IP policy at https://www.researchgate.net/ip-policy

The legal possibility of uploading an article to your RG profile depends more on the journal terms and conditions than on RG.

In general, you can immediately publish in RG a pre-print of your article (i.e. a version prior to the peer review). The final version (as published in the journal) of your article can be uploaded when the corresponding embargo period has ended (usually 6, 12 or 24 months).

If it is an open access publication, you will have no problem publishing it at any time.

To clarify what your rights are on the article, I recommend reading the terms and conditions that you accepted when you authorized the publication of your article.

On this website there are other alternatives to share your article: http://www.howcanishareit.com/

Thank you very much Dr.Juan F. Córdoba-Marentes for the valuable response.

It depends on the copyright policy of the journal/publisher. We must read the 'instructions for authors' carefully. Many open access journals also have more than one option: "gold open access," "Green open access" and "delayed open access with an embargo period." What ever, the details are given on their site and we must read that carefully.

Many thanks dear Dr. Arati Sharma for the valuable information about the open access options.

Dear Dr. Nasr, It depends on the copyright policy of the journal in which you have published your research paper. Most of the journals have a copyright form wherein as per the copyright form the rights to the paper are transferred from author to the publisher. Once copyright is transferred, if the author or co-author desires to re-publish a part of the same paper then legally he is to obtain the permission from publisher. Though many publishers are not fussy on that front and permission is happily granted without any extra charges. Now, next question is to upload the paper on common portals like research gate or other platforms. Legally, you are not allowed to publish/upload your paper on any public portal unless written permission has been obtained from the publisher unless you have published your research in open access journals and the copyright is held by you. If you upload the paper without consent of the publisher then you can be sued for same as it is considered a breach of contract. I personally know where a friend of mine has been given a notice by the publisher as the publisher/ journal stands to loose the money they desire to make via pay per article route. Lastly, question of adding pre prints of article on public portals prior to it actually being published in a journal. You can do the same and must do the same but if your research is published in a journal wherein copyright to paper has been transferred by you to publisher, then you should delete the pre-print unless again if you have published in an open access journal wherein the copyright is held by you. Some journals allow the rights to the author after one year of publication so in case if you have signed a copyright form then its always advisable to contact your publisher. My personal suggestion, in case if you have signed and transferred the copyrights to the article then add your article details on common portals like R/gate i.e can add abstract but don't add full text / pdf of article that is publicly available. In case if any researcher asks you for the article then you can send him/her the same, this way you have helped your researcher colleagues and the copyright is also not breached. :-) I hope i have been able to answer your question successfully. Happy publishing. Regards MS

Thank you, Dr. Singh, for the very interesting and detailed information.

No.

Thank you Dr. Prasanna Dahake for adding your opinion.

I think its depend on publisher and journal.

I appreciate your response, dear Mr. Wissam Nadir.

Dear Dr.Md.Nasr, It depends on the sharing policy of the publishers and the journals office. Usually, a share link ( a personalized URL) will be sent to you for free access and sharing of your published article during a free access period, ( usually 50 days). You can share this link ( through facebook, twitter...) to anyone and he or she if can access the full article and download during the free access period.

Thank you dear Dr. Jayasankar Pillai for the good clarification.

Only in case of open access journal.

Many thanks, dear Dr. Isam Mohamad Ali for adding answer.

Interesting question

Thank you Mr. Kareem for adding response.

open access article can upload in research gate.

Many thanks, dear Dr. Dinesh kumar Barolia for adding your valuable response.

Research gate has a popup asking if you have permission/ copy right to share the paper - this is self-explanatory. Please check with the journal about the copyright permissions - these days there are several different types of sharing agreements including pay to publish (PC term: open access fee) etc./ So, different articles in the same journal issue may be governed by different agreements. Some allow sharing for "personal" or "research" use etc. If you are unaware of the details, you may, to be on the safe side, upload in private repository and not as public document. Then if there are requests, you can decide on individual basis whether to share with restricted permissions or not (adding a note - for your private use only, not for sharing etc.).

Thank you very much, dear Dr. Amit Chattopadhyay for the valuable information.

I was not allowed to post my thesis when it has been publushed as a book due to copyrights

Thank you, dear Dr. Marwah Firas Abdullah Al-Rawe for the valuable contribution.

Interesting question

Thank you, dear, Mr. Zuhair Dhaher Habeeb

Thanks Mr.William Murray and Mr.Amit Chattophyay for the Informations.

In my view, the article sharing will be an advantage for the Journal as well as the Authors. It will increase the visibility and citations (if done). I think that the no. of citations are the measure of the quality of the published work.

It would be helpful for the academicians and students to know the current trend and think of improvising the solutions.

Once it is open to global researchers, the research in the particular domain will be improved.

Thank you

Many thanks, dear Dr. Mohamed mustafa Mohamed iqbal for the valuable contribution.

It will increase the visibility, citations and also will be helpful for research scholar....

I agree with you, dear Dr. Priyanka Debta . Thank you very much.

I guess if the entire paper with the details of journal, volume, issue has been uploaded it is a mere dissimination of knowledge with due cerdit to journal. After all, a research is always meant for sharing of knowledge.

Many thanks, dear Dr. Neelkanth Bhatt for sharing your valuable answer.

It will increase the citations and visibility

I agree with you, Dr. Roger. Thank you for adding your opinion.

Sharing after publication depends on the journal. Some journals they will sell it if you want to get it the full paper but the abstract is already mentioned in the particular journal. Some journals they have already showed it if you want to get it the full paper you can download it easily in their websites. Sharing research is more important for our students and reserarchers among each orther.

Thank you, Dr. Aye Aye Khin for sharing these valuable information.

I believe its dependent on either the the publishers or the journal in which the article was published

Valuable contribution, dear Dr. Augustine Senanu Kukah . Thank you so much.

You are welcome Sir @ Mohammed Salah Nasr

Normally, the journal where it is published requests the signing of a copyright form. In this form the authors are specified what are the conditions and times to wait to place your article on platforms like Research gate, which is usually one year. However, there are journals that do not allow the publication of articles without the prior consent of the publisher, regardless of the publication time of the same.

Many thanks, dear Dr. Diego José Garcia-Corredor for the valuable information.

Thank you, dear Dr. Ahmadi Murjani . You are right.

This is very important a question and i think great notice should be taken on this. The publishing agreement will be the best to tell whether or not to upload full version after publication to curb any form of copyright issues. There is the need for a careful read of the agreement before any upload is made on RG.

Thank you very much, Dr. Patrick Amfo Anim and Dr. Balqees Al-Musawi for adding your valuable opinions.

I suggest that you need to send an email to the publisher and try to clearly ask their permission to allow you to upload your paper on R/gate. Then wait for their reply and behave accordingly.

Thank you very much, Dr. Adel Bahameed for the valuable response.

Articles which published in Journals, indexed in research gaye can upload.

Thank you so much, Dr. Dinesh kumar Barolia for your contribution.

In my opinion, it depends on the journal's policy. If the journals are open access, the authors might be allowed to upload the files in other academic platforms. However, if the journals are non-OA, the authors might be allowed to upload the private full-text files in RG especially or only the abstracts. Readers should ask for the author's permission to get the files. All in all, we can refer to the journal's policy before we decide to upload the published works in other platforms.

Thank you very much, dear Dr. Arif Husein Lubis for the valuable contribution. I totally agree with your opinion.

Best regards

Dear colleague,

There might be a policy from the journal (normally a stipulated time; embargo period) afterwards, you can upload.

Yours,

Muneeb

It depends on the journal copyright rules, free journal mostly does not allow us to share the published paper on any social media but mostly the paid journals allow us to share our publication on social media platform.

Yes the researchers are authorized to upload there work on researchgate. Although some journals have their own policy of distribution and licence.

Actually, it is depending on the copyright policy of the respective journal.

Dear, Drs. Muneeb M. Musthafa, Ali Mujtaba Shah, Amjad Ali and Mohamed Anifa Mohamed Fowsar, thank you very much for your valuable opinions and helpful discussions.

Best regards

Sir, as far as my concern, the published papers are not legally accepted to be published in any electronic platform. But the pre-print version would be fine.

Sir, I think if the journal give the permission to use the published articles in electronic form, then it’s fine. In other way of concern is that, if particular journal doesn’t have open access then citations and references for others are questionable. In that ground may be acceptable.

Scientifically it is not recommended but in certain cases authors do that.

It depends on policy of journal. If journal give permission than upload can be taken. Open access journal and indexed with researchgate can give permission for uploading.

If u publish in the open access journal you can upload in the Researchgate. If the journl irestricted and maintained copy right issue we cannot upload.