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Archiving Your Scholarly Publications

Why Use ResearchGate?

Primarily a social networking site for researchers, use ResearchGate to share your publications, access other research, connect and collaborate with other researchers in your field.

  • You can use ResearchGate to find out who is reading your work and who is citing it.
  • You can share updates on your current project and keep up with the latest research at Walsh and worldwide.
  • Find other researchers in your field by using the public searchable list of researchers that have joined ResearchGate
  • Full text publications uploaded to ResearchGate profiles are indexed by Google Scholar
  • Post questions for solutions to research problems at the “Q&A section”. Likewise, researchers are encouraged to answer questions posted by others using their own expertise (ResearchGate will prompt you with questions in your subject area)
  • ResearchGate also boosts metrics for individuals and institutions: RG-score (total activity and weighed interaction, plus publications) and impact points (number of publications weighed by journals they are published in) to identify your influence on the platform with ResearchGate score. It measures how your published research and your contributions to ResearchGate are received by your peers
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How to sign up for a ResearchGate account

1. Sign up for free at https://www.researchgate.net

Join Research Gate

2. Choose 'Academic' researcher

Choose which type of researcher you are

 

3. Fill in Walsh University and your department

 Fill in Walsh University

 

4. Fill in your name, add your email and create a password

 Fill in you name, email and password

5. Based on this information, ResearchGate will suggest publications for you to add to your profile. Click on I am the author for any publications that belong to you. Depending on how many publications you have or how common your name is, you may be shown several researchers before you find work that belongs to you. You can skip this step and add your publications later.

 

Confirm that this researcher is you

5. Select your disciplines

Select your disciplines

6. Finally, add your skills and expertise

Add your skills and expertise

7. Add your profile photo and follow Walsh researchers, your co-authors and any other researchers you choose to follow. You can also add to this list later.

8. ResearchGate will send you an email link to activate your account.