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Research Impact at Purdue

A research guide on the ways to best practices for managing your online academic identity

Research Gate was founded by Horst Fickenscher, Ijad Madisch, and Soren Hofmayer in 2008 as a social media site specifically for academics, originally for biologists specifically, it has since grown to be comprehensive - representing a multitude of disciplines.

Introduction to Research Gate

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Today the site has more than ten million active users, and is growing by the day. Research Gate allows for its users to connect and spread their research output, and is a place where researchers at any stage of their career can make their presence known.

Research Gate Uses

Research Gate Has a Number of Use Cases

  1. Connecting with other researchers
  2. Disseminating your research to a wider audience
  3. Finding new readers for your scholarly output
  4. Finding quick metrics about your output such as views, download count, and citations
  5. Creating a unique profile available to the whole world
  6. Syncing with ORCID