Dear Colleagues,
Why is ResearchGate so isolated?
The publications uploaded on ResearchGate do neve get into other international databases, unlike the publications we uploaded in other platforms. Very few publications in ResearchGate get into Google Scholar, and even them are very slow, lagging behind other international platforms.
The DOIs issued by ResearchGate are not recognised as real DOIs, in other international databases, such as WoS and Scopus.
ResearchGate detects very few citations. Most of the time, ResearchGate falsely indicates that this publication does not cite any source. Fake news.
Many thanks,
Simion Costea
Concerning the differences in detection of citations by different platforms, see https://www.researchgate.net/post/Why_citation_score_for_author_publications_looks_different_on_Scopus_research_gate_google_scholar. As Jürgen Weippert states therein, "metric sizes are usually GS>RG>Scopus".
Concerning DOIs: ResearchGate assigns DOIs only to unpublished research. RG DOIs are "real", i.e. you will find the file by using the DOI, contrary to several predatory journals that indicate fake DOIs.
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