ResearchGate lists multiple open access publications with the message:
"Your recent article doesn’t have the full-text yet. Add the full-text of your recent life science work so that others can read and cite it."
The only option is offers is to upload a pdf. I can't find a way to add the open access link, which is how many prefer to manage their publication library these days. I don't have time to download all those open access pdfs and re-upload them to ResearchGate.
My questions are:
1. Why isn't ResearchGate including the open-access link when the pubs are first posted?
2. How do I add the open access links retrospectively?
ResearchGate seems to rely mostly on uploaded publications, not on links to publications. At least they do not provide a field for external links. However, there are three possibilities to add a link: (1) If there is a DOI of the publication, add it to the DOI field. A DOI link will be provided to access the original (not only for open-access publications), like in the page of your most recent publication (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/367221952). (2) Provide a link in a "Comments" entry (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/367221952/comments in this case), but this is not easily visible. (3) Add a link at the end of the abstract field, like I did in https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344474227 (because the journal gave right to make it available open access only at that place).