ResearchGate Alternatives

ResearchGate is described as 'Access scientific knowledge, and make your research visible' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are more than 25 alternatives to ResearchGate for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, iPad, iPhone and Android Tablet apps. The best ResearchGate alternative is Mendeley, which is free. Other great apps like ResearchGate are Google Scholar, WorldCat, Semantic Scholar and Academia.edu.

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  1. Mendeley icon
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    Mendeley helps manage and share academic knowledge: Mendeley Desktop is free academic software (Windows, Mac, Linux) for organizing and sharing research papers and generating bibliographies with 1GB of free online storage to automatically back up and synchronize your library...

    78 Mendeley alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    Mendeley Features

    1.  Real time collaboration
    2.  PDF annotation
    3.  PDF support
    4. Microsoft Word icon  Microsoft Word integration
    5.  References
    6.  Bibliography generator
    7. LibreOffice icon  LibreOffice Integration
    8.  Browser integration

    Mendeley VS ResearchGate

     
    • Mendeley is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to ResearchGate.

    • Mendeley is the most popular free alternative to ResearchGate.

    • Mendeley is Freemium and ProprietaryResearchGate is Free and Proprietary
  2. Google Scholar icon
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    Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. Released in beta in November 2004, the Google Scholar index includes most peer-reviewed online journals of Europe and...

    27 Google Scholar alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online

    Google Scholar VS ResearchGate

     
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    A great quantity of papers with most papers being free

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    • Most users think Google Scholar is a great ResearchGate alternative.

    • Google Scholar is Free and ProprietaryResearchGate is also Free and Proprietary
  3. WorldCat icon
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    WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services. WorldCat libraries are dedicated to providing access to their resources on the Web, where most people start their search for information.

    58 WorldCat alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet

    WorldCat Features

    1.  Non profit
    2.  Tagging

    WorldCat VS ResearchGate

     
    • WorldCat is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to ResearchGate.

    • WorldCat is Free and ProprietaryResearchGate is also Free and Proprietary
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    Semantic Scholar (paywall free) is a science publication aggregator that collects citation-data from PubMed, CiteSeer, IEEE etc and rank each article according to the percieved number of impactful citations.

    16 Semantic Scholar alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online

    Semantic Scholar Features

    1.  AI-Powered

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  5. Academia.edu icon
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    is a social networking website for academics. The platform can be used to share papers, monitor their impact, and follow the research in a particular field. It was launched in September08, with 31 million registered and over 8 million uploaded texts.

    25 Academia.edu alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online

    Academia.edu VS ResearchGate

     
  6. Consensus icon
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    Consensus is a search engine that uses AI to instantly extract, aggregate, and distill findings directly from scientific research.

    12 Consensus alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online

    Consensus Features

    1.  AI-Powered

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  7. SciSpace icon
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    Search the largest scientific corpus in the world Discover and study research papers better with SciSpace copilot.

    9 SciSpace alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • IN flagIndia

    Platforms

    • Online

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    Connected Papers is a unique, visual tool to help researchers and applied scientists find and explore papers relevant to their field of work.

    15 Connected Papers alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    Properties

    1.  Educational

    Features

    1.  Graphs

    Connected Papers VS ResearchGate

     
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    BASE is one of the world's most voluminous search engines especially for academic web resources. BASE provides more than 300 million documents from more than 10,000 content providers. You can access the full texts of about 60% of the indexed documents for free (Open Access).

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online

    Bielefeld Academic Search Engine Features

    Bielefeld Academic Search Engine VS ResearchGate

     
  10. Elicit icon
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    Elicit is a GPT-3 powered research assistant. Elicit helps you classify datasets, brainstorm research questions, and search through publications.

    15 Elicit alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online

    Elicit Features

    1.  Export to CSV
    2.  Keyword Research
    3.  Forecasting

    Elicit VS ResearchGate

     
  11. Crossref icon
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    Search the metadata of journal articles, books, standards, datasets & more.

    13 Crossref alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    Crossref Features

    1.  Meta-Search

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  12. DeepDyve icon
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    DeepDyve provides simple and affordable access to millions of articles across thousands of peer-reviewed journals. Content from the world's leading publishers including Reed Elsevier, Springer, Wiley-Blackwell, and more.

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Internet Explorer
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox

    DeepDyve Features

    1.  PDF annotation
    2.  Full-Text Search
    3.  File preview
    4.  Export citation
    5.  Reading list

    DeepDyve VS ResearchGate

     
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