ResearchGate is a Social Media website for Academia.
Academic Professionals can sign-up for an account for free. ResearchGate will create a landing page for the new signup user for other academia to view. Users can post their research publication to ResearchGate to increase visibility of their research.
ResearchGate also includes many useful features that are important for academia such as the following
- Citation/Interaction Tracking of Research
- Impact Factor of Researcher
- Researcher Lab/Group/Project Setup and Management
- Institute/Department Research Output Summary
- Academic Reports
- Sharing Academic Paper both Publicly and Privately
- Forums and Discussions for Researchers
- Research Suggestions