I really don't know how they are calculating the RG points! it seems ambiguous for me.
Hossam - it is a common criticism of the RG scoring mechanism. No-one seems to know exactly how it works and there are often inconsistencies. Maybe it's an attempt to keep the Q&A forum busy!! Personally, I don't think that IF is considered or, if it is, is not a main feature. That said, the higher the IF of an article the more likely it is to be cited, read and recommended on RG - and increase the research interest score etc. That's what seems to be the main driver for scoring against publications.
Thanks a lot of uour answer because i’m really confused. I added a recent journal paper with 1.3 IF and nothing changed in my score! It’s like i didn’t add it at all.
Hossam - It is not open how research gate score works but I think there are many factors which must be taken into consideration for research gate scoring. First, it is a cumulative score based on citations, questions, answers, recommendations, readings, full readings, followers and total number of publications uploaded on research gate. Second, do your research publications attract attention of research gate members and non-members and do they maintain a consistency of attraction. Third, it also depends on how much there has been an increase in your research interest on every update of research gate score. Presently, it seems that impact factor of a journal has no role in research gate scoring.
Is it right that even journal papers are just could be added as just an articles!!! There is no special tab for journal papers like the vonference papers!! Is it true or i just missed something?
The influence of publications and their impact factors are under-estimated in RG score! As it was said, RG score creates ghost academic reputation.
Article Do ResearchGate Scores create ghost academic reputations?
The impact factor of a journal would not seem to be taken into account directly in calculating the RG score or TRI in that the impact factor is not mentioned (in short, it has a weight of zero):
https://explore.researchgate.net/display/support/RG+Score
The RG Score measures scientific reputation based on how your work is received by your peers. We believe that researchers are the best judges of each other's work and that all a person's research, published or not, deserves credit. With this in mind, your RG Score is calculated based on any contribution you share on ResearchGate or add to your profile, such as published articles, unpublished research, projects, questions, and answers. [emphasis added]
Our algorithm looks at how your peers receive and evaluate these contributions, and who they are. The higher the RG Scores of those who interact with your research, the more your own score will increase. A low-quality contribution probably won't attract positive feedback and recognition from the community, so it won't contribute to your score in any significant way.
The impact factor is based on total citations relative to the number of published papers in a journal over a specified time period.
Neither Citations nor the Impact Factor is used to calculate the RG score, which is a measure of social media activity among academics.
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