Recommending and sharing content
On ResearchGate, you have two primary ways to connect your peers with high-quality research: recommending it publicly or sharing it privately.
Recommend: This is a public action. It helps your peers and network discover valuable research.
Share: This is a private action. It allows you to send a research item directly to specific colleagues or groups for private discussion.
You might recommend or share a research item for these reasons:
To highlight important or cutting-edge research.
To keep your network updated on relevant research in your field.
To start a discussion with peers or colleagues.
To share your own work with your professional network.
What you can recommend
You can recommend any research item you believe is valuable to the community, including:
Articles, preprints, and conference papers
Questions and answers
How to recommend a research item
Follow these steps to publicly recommend a publication or preprint:
Go to the research item's page.
Click the More button located under the statistics on the right-hand side of the page.
Select Recommend publicly from the menu.
To recommend a question or answer:
Simply click the Recommend button that appears directly below the question or answer.
To remove your recommendation:
Follow the steps above and click the button again, which will now show as Recommended.
Understanding recommendations
Recommendations are public on ResearchGate:
Your network is notified and will see your recommendation appear in their activity feed.
Other researchers will see that you have recommended the item when they visit its page.
How to share a research item
If you want to share a research item with a select person or group privately, follow these steps:
Go to the research item's page.
Click the Share button located under the statistics on the right-hand side of the page.
Choose how you want to share: Select Share on Twitter or Share as a message.
Enter the recipient(s): Type the names of the researchers you want to share with, or select them from the suggestions.
Click Share.
Important Note on private messages: You can only share a research item via private message with researchers who are already in your network.
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