Updates, requests, and messages
Updates, requests, and messages: An overview
ResearchGate is designed to keep you connected with your research community and the impact of your work. You can find notifications and interactions in three dedicated areas: Updates, Messages, and Requests.
Updates: Find out about new followers, publications added by your co-authors, answers to questions you follow, and much more.
How to access: Click the bell icon in the top-right corner of any ResearchGate page.
Tip: Clicking a specific update takes you directly to the new content, so you can easily see who is engaging with your research.
Messages: This is where you can view and manage all private messages you have sent or received from researchers who follow you.
How to access: Click the envelope icon in the top-right corner of any ResearchGate page.
For a complete guide on how to send, archive, and delete messages, please see our dedicated article: Contacting other researchers.
Note: For privacy reasons, we don't share the personal details of any researcher, nor can we forward any messages to them on your behalf. Non-members can sign up for a profile to begin connecting with others.
Requests: This area contains all Full-text, Author, and other types of requests that require a response or confirmation from you.
How to access: Click the speech bubble icon in the top-right corner of any ResearchGate page.
How to view, fulfill and decline Requests
To manage all full-text requests, follow these quick steps:
Access Requests: Click the speech bubble icon in the top-right corner of any ResearchGate page.
View All: If you don't see a specific request in the dropdown, click View all to go to your Open requests inbox.
Respond: Click the View request button under the item, then click Respond to... to begin the process.
Decline: select Decline request and a pop-up window will appear where you can choose the appropriate option
For a complete, step-by-step guide on how to fulfill or decline a request, including the detailed options for sharing and important information on your sharing rights, please see our dedicated Help Center article: Discovering and requesting research.
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