As a professional network for scientists and researchers, we'd like ResearchGate to be free of inappropriate and abusive content. To achieve this, we rely on help from ResearchGate members.

If you see something on ResearchGate that is inappropriate or abusive, please report it to us. Our Community Support team will review reported content, remove it if necessary, and take further action if needed. 

We have identified content that we consider to be inappropriate in our Community Guidelines, Q&A Guidelines, and Terms of Service. 

How to report content on ResearchGate

Profiles

To report a ResearchGate profile:

1. Log in to your ResearchGate account

2. Visit the ResearchGate profile you want to report

3. On the right side of the page, click on More

4. Select Report profile from the dropdown menu

5. Select a reason for reporting

6. Tell us why you think the profile violates our Community Guidelines or Terms of Service

7. Click Submit report to finish.

Note: If you are reporting your own duplicate profile, please see our Help Center page on Reporting duplicate research items and profiles. 

Private messages

To report a private message sent to you by another ResearchGate member:

1. Log in to your ResearchGate account

2. Click the envelope icon at the top right of any ResearchGate page and click View all

3. Select the message from your inbox to open it

4. Click Report to the right of the subject line

5. Select Report message from the dropdown menu

6. Select a reason for reporting

7. Tell us why you think the message violates our Community Guidelines or Terms of Service

8. Click Submit report to finish.

Questions and discussions

To report a question or discussion:

1. Log in to your ResearchGate account

2. Visit the question or discussion you want to report 

3. At the top right of the post, click on the downward-facing arrow and select Report from the dropdown menu

4. Select a reason for reporting

5. Tell us why you think the post violates our Community Guidelines, Q&A Guidelines, or Terms of Service

6. Click Submit report to finish.

Answers

To report an answer to a question or discussion:

1. Log in to your ResearchGate account

2. Visit the answer you want to report 

3. Below the answer, click on the downward-facing arrow and select Report from the dropdown menu

4. Select a reason for reporting

5. Tell us why you think the post violates our Community Guidelines, Q&A Guidelines, or Terms of Service

6. Click Submit report to finish.

Publication comments and replies

To report a comment on a publication page:

1. Log in to your ResearchGate account

2. On the Comments tab of the publication page, locate the comment you want to report 

3. At the top-right corner of the comment, next to the date, click on the downward-facing arrow and select Report from the dropdown menu

4. Select a reason for reporting

5. Tell us why you think the post violates our Community Guidelines or Terms of Service

6. Click Submit report to finish.

To report a reply to a comment:

1. Log in to your ResearchGate account

2. Find the comment or reply you want to report

3. Below the comment, next to Recommend, click Report

4. Select a reason for reporting

5. Tell us why you think the post violates our Community Guidelines or Terms of Service

6. Click Submit report to finish.

Publication pages, Labs, Spotlights

To report a publication page, lab, or spotlight, please use our contact form:

1. Visit our contact form

2. Under What can we help you with? select Inappropriate content or behavior

3. Under What type of issue are you reporting? select the type of issue that best describes what you're reporting

4. Enter the URL leading to the content on ResearchGate
5. Select the type of page where is the content is visible
6. Enter a brief summary of the issue in the Subject field
7. Enter a detailed description telling us why you think the content violates our Community Guidelines or Terms of Service
8. Include attachments if relevant your report (optional) 

9. Enter an email address where we can contact you if we need further information

10. Click Submit.

Additional information

• How to report duplicate research items and profiles

• How to report content that infringes copyright

• How to unfollow, block, or report another researcher

• Reports specifically relating to hate speech can be sent directly to content@researchgate.net