Current Limitations

• When you search for your institution on ResearchGate, it shows members in paginated form (e.g., 10 per page), but there's no official export function.
• Even if you're affiliated with the institution, ResearchGate does not provide an admin dashboard or bulk user management tools like ORCID or Scopus institutional dashboards do.

✅ Possible Workarounds

1. Manual Compilation

• Go to the institution page.
• Scroll and copy member names or take screenshots — very manual and not scalable if there are hundreds of members.

2. Use Web Scraping (Technical)

If your institution allows it and you're technically inclined or have access to IT support, you could use a Python script with BeautifulSoup or Selenium to scrape names and profiles from the ResearchGate institutional page.

⚠️ Note: Web scraping may violate ResearchGate’s Terms of Service. You should get explicit permission before attempting this.

3. Reach Out to ResearchGate

• You can email ResearchGate support (e.g., [email protected]) to ask whether they offer: Custom institutional reports API access (not publicly available, but possible via partnerships) Help verifying or managing your institution's presence

4. Encourage Faculty to Self-Register

You can initiate an internal campaign asking faculty to:

• Join ResearchGate
• Select your university as their institution
• Share their profiles with the library for inclusion in your internal database

Hello Mr. Marcelo Humberto Preciado Fausto

As is our practice at our institution, we maintain a student and faculty database consisting of names, contact information, and email addresses. We regularly send out updates on the latest research and actively promote the library through social media.

Thanks.

Marcelo Humberto Preciado Fausto

Can I export a list of all members of my institution on ResearchGate?

🔍 Short Answer:

No official export or bulk download feature is available on ResearchGate for institutional members, even if you’re affiliated as a librarian.

📌 Workarounds:

a. Manual Search + Copying (limited view)

• Search your institution: https://www.researchgate.net/institution/Universidad_Panamericana
• Browse members in sets of 10.
• Copy member names/emails manually if visible (not scalable).

b. Use Search + Filters

• Use ResearchGate's search with filters: Institution: "Universidad Panamericana" Discipline or department filters
• Still limited to a paginated view.

c. Third-party Tools or Web Scraping (⚠️ not officially supported)

Some institutions write custom scripts or use browser extensions to gather member names/emails for internal library dashboards, but this violates ResearchGate’s terms of use, so proceed with caution.

d. ORCID or Scopus as alternatives

If many researchers at your university use ORCID or are indexed in Scopus, those platforms offer better tools for institution-level export:

• ORCID has an institutional API (with proper access) for listing affiliated researchers.
• Scopus (if your institution subscribes) allows exporting author data by affiliation.

✅ 2. Is there a ResearchGate subscription for institutions?

📌 No — ResearchGate does not currently offer institutional subscriptions.

However, ResearchGate collaborations and partnerships exist with publishers or universities (mainly for content integration, not analytics or visibility tools for librarians).

You may:

• Contact ResearchGate directly via their Help Center or email: [email protected]
• Explain your librarian role and request any available dashboard access or institutional collaboration.

🔄 Recommended Institutional Visibility Strategy