If you’d like to see fewer updates about a researcher you follow you can unfollow them. If you want to remove a researcher from your list of followers and prevent them from messaging you or seeing updates about you, you can block them. If you want to report a researcher who is violating our Community Guidelines, Terms of Service, or the law, please let us know. We explain each of these options below.
How can I unfollow someone on ResearchGate?
You can unfollow a researcher to see less of what they share and do on ResearchGate. Here's how:
- Go to the profile of the researcher you want to unfollow
- Click on the Following button on the right-hand side of their profile
- The button will change to Follow, which means you no longer follow them.
How can I block someone on ResearchGate?
When you block a ResearchGate member, they won't be able to follow you or message you. Blocking works both ways, so your contact with them will be limited in the same way. ResearchGate members that you've blocked also won't see updates about your activity. Except for co-authors, who'll still get updates about your shared publications.
You can block a ResearchGate member through these steps:
- Go to the profile of the researcher you want to block
- Click the three dots icon on the top right side of the page
- Select Block researcher from the dropdown that appears
- To confirm that you want to block them, click Block
Note: When you block someone, we don’t notify them.
To unblock a researcher, visit their profile, click on the three dots icon on the top right-hand side of the page, and select Unblock researcher from the dropdown that appears.
How can I report someone on ResearchGate?
If you think you’ve found content on ResearchGate that violates our Community Guidelines, Terms of Service, or the law, please let us know. Learn more about reporting content on ResearchGate.
To report a ResearchGate member:
- Log in to your ResearchGate account
- Visit the ResearchGate profile of the person you want to report
- On the top right side of the page, click the three dots
- Select Report researcher from the dropdown menu
- Select the type of issue that best describes your reason for reporting
- Enter details about the content you’re reporting and why you believe it violates our policies
- Click Submit report to complete your report.
Note: If you are reporting your own duplicate profile, learn more about merging duplicate accounts.
How can I report a researcher who has confirmed authorship of my publications?
ResearchGate publication pages are designed to let authors quickly link their publications to their profiles by claiming authorship. The ease of this process means mistakes can sometimes be made, so if another researcher’s profile lists publications they didn’t author, it's usually the result of an honest mistake.
If your publication pages are linked to the wrong person's profile, and you have a ResearchGate account, you can link them to your own profile in a few quick steps. To do so:
- Visit the publication page of your research item
- On the right side of the page, click on More and select Claim authorship – is this your work? from the dropdown menu
- Select the name you published under, or click Add name if your name isn’t on the publication’s author list
- Click the Request authorship button
If you don’t have a ResearchGate account or if you notice that someone has mistakenly confirmed authorship of another person’s publications, please let us know. You can report this to us through the steps below:
- Visit our contact form
- Under What can we help you with? select Publication pages and full-texts
- Under How can we help you? select I’m having issues with incorrect authorship
- Select the option that best describes what you're reporting
- We’ll ask you to provide some details about the researcher and the publications
- Click Submit to complete your report.
We take erroneous authorship claims very seriously and review each case manually. As this can sometimes take a while, we appreciate your patience during this process.
Note: If the publications are on a ResearchGate page with “scientific-contributions” in the URL, they aren’t linked to a member’s profile. Learn more about Scientific contributions pages.
How do I report to ResearchGate that a researcher has passed away?
If you know a researcher who has recently passed away, you can report their ResearchGate profile to us by following these steps:
- From our Help Center, click Contact us at the top of the page
- Under What can we help you with? select Account and profiles
- Under How can we help you? select I’m reporting the profile of a deceased researcher
To submit your report, you’ll need to enter the URL of their ResearchGate profile and some further information, such as a link to an online obituary or notice on their institution's website.
As soon as we can confirm the report, we will remove the researcher’s personal contact information from their profile and prevent them from appearing in notification emails where possible. You might still see them appearing in your notification emails if their work is published after their passing.