Thanks for your input. I see that answers mostly circles around the concept of knowledge and information sharing online.
Mr Hayder picked number 3 - self promotion and credibility gaining. Do you really find purposeful usage of RG for this purposes? How else can you gain credibility online from the standpoint of academician?
Yes.I think sharing knowlege plus motivation for interacting with other researchers to boost informations about various subjects with the most updated works and fresh thoughts are the best reasons for trying to get RG scores.
It helped me to widen my level of thinking and boosted my experiences, knowledge and information in addition to establishing wider networking with diverse scientists.
I can share the project of a research proposal with a group of researchers, I can answer questions that are similar to my scientific hobbies, also follow researchers from all over the world in the same specialty.
I think RG is good platform of sharing your knowledge with your collagues and respected person and also some good articles are also provided which help in refining the topic more.
Thanks for sharing. I just wanted to inquire on your personal perspectives and understandings of RG.
What I noticed, the most of us mentioned knowledge sharing, specific discussions and networking that we are experiencing on RG. What do you think, what would be the next step of RG development [we already see ads :) ]?
I believe the biggest advantage of RG is the knowledge diffusion and the chance of discussion that is generated about the most interesting areas and themes of science.
RG is a plattform where you can share knowledge, scientific and pedagogical experiences, read important and interesting papers, articles, posters and presentations, comment and give feedback on what you read, and of course networking with important respected RG members.
First of all, functioning on the Research Gate portal, I establish contacts with researchers, scientists conducting similar or similar research. Developing contacts in the world of science is the opportunity to meet scientists with whom I could conduct joint research projects, joint research, analytical processes. It is possible to collect data collectively, eg from surveys carried out by members of an international research team, including people who operate in other countries. In this way, you can compare the results of research on an international basis. You can conduct a comparative analysis and write a joint article text for publication. There are so many opportunities to develop contacts in the world of science thanks to the functioning of the Research Gate portal.
easy reaching references for research, promoting me to do more researches, sharing and discover the questions in mind of scientific persons all over the world, which usually difficult to reach without RG
The first and most important thing I get from ResearchGate is CONSTANT MOTIVATION.
Of course what the previous answers suggest regarding asking questions, gaining knowledge, sharing views etc. are true. But when I open RG and find renowned persons from different parts of the world are doing great works and implementing them in the betterment of life, I feel immensely motivated to continue my work with utmost dedication throughout my life.
Yes, all that is mentioned is the benefit of the researcher, in terms of openness to the scientific world and a kind of high-level communication, serving humanity and earning the life of the world, and a reward for God ... God said in the Holy Quran (Is it equal to those who know and those who do not know). A kind of questioning of God means that it is not
In addition to being mandatory now for annual evaluation of professors in our university, it can also help me to see all researches in my field, asking questions which need to be answered by by my colleagues, exchanges of experiences between members in RG, a motive to compete to improve my RG score and other benefits