I definitely think RG should stop trying to capture and build its own library of all the research content that we wish to cite or add to the site. As RG development is funded by venture capitalists it does raise concern re their long term business model and strategy...

'Internet publication' needs to be added as a category with a simple url field and the url field should be made available for all types of publication.

Thanks, it seems to me that allowing a link from researchgate to full text elsewhere (arXiv, personal sites, etc.) would be a good way to meet the legal restrictions while also allowing researchgate to serve as a more complete index of where to find full text not permissible to post here. I can add the link in the comment but it would be a nice feature.

EDIT: Thanks for the recommendations, but this is more of a complaint than a solution. See Tobias' post above for the solution which is a PDF that simply links elsewhere, or for an example of what it looks like, see: Chapter Using environmental metrics to promote sustainability and re...

Jonathan,

If you haven't already, joint academia.edu. They allow such links. You could also include a one-sentence description of paper title and abstract and the link to the publisher.

I think that if you create a Project in ResearchGate you will be able to add a message to the project which can contain a URL to your paper on your website.

Upload the pdf in google drive and  set the share option as Public.

Hyperlink the source in your personal website or blog with the title of the article.

Thats all

These are all great workarounds; I don't think any will result in Researchgate thinking that the full text is available so it would be lovely to have a tweak to address that too. Please let me know if my understanding of that is incorrect.

I think David's suggestion would work. Put title and abstract in a world file, add "Full text available from: LINK", convert it into a pdf and upload it to ResearchGate. I tried this two or three times and ResearchGate recognized it as full text available...

Great suggestions...it worked for me as well to share the link to access the full text from journals website directly...Thank you all

Shame the want to have it all, not allowing links to other sites.

I wanted to note that a) I think Tobias' suggestion is the best, and you can see an example here: Chapter Using environmental metrics to promote sustainability and re...

I definitely think RG should stop trying to capture and build its own library of all the research content that we wish to cite or add to the site. As RG development is funded by venture capitalists it does raise concern re their long term business model and strategy...

'Internet publication' needs to be added as a category with a simple url field and the url field should be made available for all types of publication.

You can also put the link at the end of the abstract when adding your article to RG.

Completely agree with multiple other posters here: it is ridiculous to put copies of work and not links to somewhere else - in fact it's error prone, a violation of copyright terms a lot of the time, and it prevents me from monitoring meaningfully whether my work is being read.

Also, I can only think on one reason for researchgate to not implement this feature: to build a profile of full texts available directly through researchgate, a "walled garden" of sharing within and not outside. I'm sorry to say, this prevents me from trusting researchgate with my work.

Upload the pdf in google drive and  set the share option as Public.

Article link can be added after the abstract.

I'm surprised that I can't simply supply a URL since making copies of so, well, 19th century. I understand why people might want a copy and they are free to do so. But references are more than just alternative. The documents today are more dynamic and also a URL allows authors to know more about the use. That said, the recipient can make a copy but as an option not a requirement.

(This is an area of expertise ... but I don't know how to express that)

I have the same problem with a full-text-link:

https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1XgcUKs2wuR1Y

however it will be active only 50 days, then 306 days off, then working again... so a timer for posts would also be helpful

I started a new question with more tags, hopefully we get some answers

https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_can_I_add_a_link_to_a_full_text_to_an_article

There is another option: You upload the preprint file that you have archived on a preprint server (e.g. arxiv) and then you add the DOI from that server manually to the details (via Edit).

See my example that I have set up a couple of minutes ago:

Preprint The effectiveness of supported employment programs: Meta-reg...

And this is the initial preprint server link:

https://psyarxiv.com/87hzf/

Hello!

I recently joined Academia and it requires that I upgrade to premium to see who viewed my profile, it doesn't give me the option to share the link to my publication(which is not open access). I am wondering what the benefits of using Academia are over Researchgate. I appreciate your views on this. Thanks

What I see is a war to dominate the "academic hosting" business. So, they want to have everything in site, not links to other's repository.

you can add it at the end of abstract to be more visible

My take is, RG is a purely profit-focused enterprise that has little interest in responding to users' concerns unless it helps maximize their profitability. So I wouldn't hold my breath for changes on making hyperlinks an option. I once walked into their Berlin office with a question (was in town for a conference and was curious about this organization). They seemed utterly bewildered by a person walking in, and it took me 2 hours to get someone to speak with me. I just asked about their new algorithm that dropped thousands of "reads" overnight, and created the odd situation in which citations sometimes out number reads on a given article. The IT guy I spoke with was quite defensive, and said they had a secret methodology for measuring these things and it couldn't be shared. So much for transparency.

I will soon be posting my PhD thesis to my university's online research library. I am required to post the thesis there, which makes sense. It is an open repository so anyone can access it. Rather than reposting the thesis here, it makes sense to just put a link in RG to the university's research library. RG...what is the process for requesting this as a feature?