I google the author's name to find out if they have a website from which their articles can be downloaded or to get their email address so that I can contact them directly. Many people on RG aren't active or have their notifications turned off. Anyway, for me making a such a request through RG is always a last resort, and the few times I've done it the paper either was a very long time in coming or, more often, didn't come at all.

Thats odd. Perhaps some young investigators do not realize that they can send out single copies of a paper upon request. That is not against copyright.

I'm afraid I have a different view from Mary Seeman. Two copyright holders of my work specifically forbid ANY distribution via RG including single copies. This seems to be because RG encourages the uploading of copyrighted material without permission.

I get requests for these items despite the fact I make the situation clear in my abstracts. That's quite annoying. Also, while I make available what I can, some requests smak of laziness. If the work appeared in a quality journal, most academic libraries should either have a copy or be able to borrow one these days. They should also have an account by which they can download from copyright sites for you to use. Academic libraries might also purchase books dire t from publishers on request.

So now, requesting via RG begins to look a bit sloppy. You can try, but may not succeed. If you don't, no complaints please! Do some research to access a copy through other means.

Christopher NOCK

I google the author's name to find out if they have a website from which their articles can be downloaded or to get their email address so that I can contact them directly. Many people on RG aren't active or have their notifications turned off. Anyway, for me making a such a request through RG is always a last resort, and the few times I've done it the paper either was a very long time in coming or, more often, didn't come at all.

Dear all,

Most of the email requests will go unnoticed.

Please post the request in all the social networking sites like LinkedIn, Research gate, University email ids, Twitter or directly whats app the request or call them.

This will reduce the communication gap and get faster response.

Hope this info is useful to you.

If worked please don't forget to share and recommend

The papers can be sent privately because of copyright reservations. You can also go through university library subscriptions. Do not give up.

Obianuju P. Umeji.

I always had a positive experience.

Email the author directly seems to mostly work and is often quite quick. Using ResearchGate is often slow and unreliable.

I usually don't request via RG. In most cases, I am interested in a particular paper as part of some sort of pubmed search. And most often, the email adress of the first author or at least of the corresponding author is usually published. Then, I request directly and add a few words why I am particvularly interested and/or why I can't use an open access of a University library, as most of the other researchers may do. My experience in this respect is quite consistent to what Chris Oliver wrote.

As a publishing researcher myself, I feel positive about requests rather than discommoded. Hope this helps.

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You may get a positive response by making a direct contact with the author.