ResearchGate’s search tool enables researchers to find groups, papers, fellow researchers and others both within and outside of ResearchGate without having to read through dozens of irrelevant search results. The “similar abstract search”-functionality allows users to upload abstracts and find thematically related papers within the platform and in external databases such as PubMed.
Individual users as well as groups of potential interest to the researcher are automatically suggested to the member on his/ her personal ResearchGate interface via the “semantic relations”- functionality. This feature combines data from profiles such as research projects or personal skills in highly complicated algorithms. Researchers get to know colleagues worldwide that are working on similar subjects. Scientists connected via ResearchGate are now able to cooperate using all of the platform’s applications.
