Reads for the RG score refer to Publications and Q&A , whereas TRI depends, among others, on Full-text and Other Reads.
When is a Read not a Read?
Q&A lead to reads and recommendation, which can affect the RG score, if an academic were interested in such, for whatever reason.
Reads and Recommendations for TRI are not based on Q&A, but on Full-text and Other Reads by RG members.
The algebraic equation for calculating TRI holds on a weekly basis as well as in aggregate for all previous weeks.
It is a formula that is used to calculate TRI for every academic on RG:
https://www.researchgate.net/application.researchInterest.ResearchInterestHelp.html
As some academics are not calculating TRI correctly, the steps are as follows:
Citations are marked clearly under "Stats overview", with a weight of 0.5.
Recommendations refer only to Publications, with a weight of 0.25, and differ from Recommendations reported under "Stats overview", which also include Recommendations for Q&A.
Reads refer to Full-text Reads (with a weight of 0.15) and Other Reads (with a weight of 0.05) by RG members, and differ from Reads reported under "Stats overview", which also include Reads for Q&A.
To Chia-Lin Chang:
Many thanks for the clear explanation of TRI, which any academic with minimal high school algebra and arithmetic skills should be able to follow.
To Sajda Taha Mahmood :
Many thanks for your helpful Answer regarding meaningless comments and having a scientific foundation.
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