ResearchGate
Latest screenshot: 2024-07-10
Access to search interface:
open
Last major interface update:
N/A
Owner of search system:
ResearchGate GmbH
Location of system headquarters:
Berlin, DE
Year of launch:
2008
Type:
Other database
Help URL:
Twitter:
Description of search system (by system owner)
We started ResearchGate in 2008 to address the problems we saw in the way science is created and shared. Our mission is to connect the world of science and make research open to all. The 20 million researchers in our community come from diverse sectors in over 190 countries, and use ResearchGate to connect, collaborate, and share their work.
Total coverage:
160.00M
Year-over-year growth:
N/A
Subject coverage:
Multidisciplinary
Retrospective coverage:
N/A–N/A
Record types:
9
Open Access records:
N/A
Search functionality and interface
Systematic keyword searching:
limited
Backward citation searching:
sufficient
Forward citation searching:
sufficient
Query builder:
Search history:
Match preview:
Sorting options:
3
Query
Latency with short query:
1.2 seconds
Latency with long query:
1.5 seconds
Controlled vocabulary:
Field codes:
0
Full text search:
Search string length (narrow):
100 terms max.
Search string length (wide):
100 terms max.
Language support: Chinese:
Language support: Cyrillic:
Truncation:
Wildcards:
Keyword position irrelevant:
Longer strings, fewer hits:
Automatic query expansion (stemming):
Verbatim queries:
Reproducible queries (time):
Reproducible queries (locations):
Operators
Search operators:
3
Boolean 'OR':
Boolean 'AND':
Boolean 'NOT':
Proximity operator:
Boolean works exact:
Nested search (parentheses):
Citation search / filtering
Record type filters:
9
Results filters:
3
Suggested related records:
Supported by bibliometric tools:
N/A
Backward citation information:
Backward citation score:
76.32%
Forward citation information:
Forward citation score:
82.82%
Retrieval
Number of accessible records:
1010
Bulk select records:
Bulk export records:
1
Export formats:
3
API:
no
Bulk select records' backward citations:
Bulk export backward citations:
1
Bulk select records' forward citations:
Bulk export forward citations:
1
