Alternatives and competitors
Sites like ResearchGate
The 20 closest academic social network alternatives to ResearchGate, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 9 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to ResearchGate? The closest matches are Academia.edu, LinkedIn and SSRN. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 4,032
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 22 ms
01 · Entity
About ResearchGate
ResearchGate researchgate.net
ResearchGate - Temporarily Unavailable
Wikidata: commercial scientific social network
Summary by Claude
A social network for scientists and researchers to share research papers, ask and answer questions, follow colleagues and find collaborators.
- Who it’s for
- Academic and industry researchers
- Business model
- Advertising and recruitment job listings
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to ResearchGate’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to ResearchGate
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to ResearchGate, thumbs down if it isn’t.
We can’t read researchgate.net’s homepage (HTTP 403), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.
- 01
open repository of academic articles
Very close cos 0.942 - 02
LinkedIn: Log In or Sign Up
1 billion members | Manage your professional identity. Build and engage with your professional network. Access knowledge, insights and opportunities.
Very close cos 0.938 - 03
Content Blocked
online digital archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers and related content
Very close cos 0.928 - 04
American online social media and social networking service
Very close cos 0.919 - 05
promotion & networking platform for digital designers and creatives
Very close cos 0.914 - 06 Very close cos 0.912
- 07
Hot Questions - Stack Exchange
Stack Overflow – 180+ community-powered knowledge sites.
Very close cos 0.911 - 08
Semantic Scholar | AI-Powered Research Tool
Semantic Scholar uses groundbreaking AI and engineering to understand the semantics of scientific literature to help Scholars discover relevant research.
- Google Search Console
- Google Workspace
- Amazon CloudFront
- Google Analytics
- Google Fonts
- Google Tag Manager
Very close cos 0.908 - 09
De Gruyter Brill
De Gruyter Brill | Over 300 years of publishing excellence
Very close cos 0.908 - 10
Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions
Answers is the place to go to get the answers you need and to ask the questions you want
Very close cos 0.907 - 11
Goodreads | Meet your next favorite book
Find and read more books you’ll love, and keep track of the books you want to read. Be part of the world’s largest community of book lovers on Goodreads.
Very close cos 0.904 - 12
EurekAlert! Science News Releases
EurekAlert! is an online science news service featuring health, medicine, science and technology news from leading research institutions and universities. Sponsored by AAAS, the science society.
- Google Search Console
- Mailchimp
- Salesforce
- Adobe Experience Platform Tags
- Apache HTTP Server
- Font Awesome
Very close cos 0.905 - 13
American social news aggregation website and discussion portal
Very close cos 0.904 - 14
ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news
Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution -- the latest discoveries in astronomy, anthropology, biology, chemistry, climate & environment, computers, engineering, health & medicine, math, physics, psychology, technology, and more -- from the world's leading universities and research organizations.
Very close cos 0.906 - 15
American question-and-answer website
Very close cos 0.901 - 16
medRxiv.org - the preprint server for Health Sciences
medRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by openRxiv, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing scientific communication
Very close cos 0.900 - 17
Client Challenge
distributor of eBooks and other digital media
Very close cos 0.899 - 18
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Our work helps shape sound policies, inform public opinion, and advance the pursuit of science, engineering, and medicine.
Very close cos 0.897 - 19
Find the right job for you. Or get found!
Over 1 million jobs ✓ 20,000 recruiters ✓ Salary ranges ✓ Employer reviews. Set your job preferences and do your XING!
Very close cos 0.897 - 20
ShareThis | Share Buttons | Website Tools | Behavioral Intelligence
Discover how social sharing tools can drive traffic and help you understand consumer intent for better targeting and personalization.
Very close cos 0.897
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to researchgate.net’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones ResearchGate uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What ResearchGate is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Marketing automation
- Mailchimp TXT v=spf1 ip4:209.15.209.64/27 ip4:209.15.214.192/28 ip4:209.15.243.112/…
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 ip4:209.15.209.64/27 ip4:209.15.214.192/28 ip4:209.15.243.112/…
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a562f824df6699cd-HAM
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS marty.ns.cloudflare.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=1zVGDn699lBJWe3h
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=Nad6ba1ysA1mdnvoY0zYwoRwv6nBwSBawy/Xaex…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=o6Zn1HIYOJ47s1qpx6D1NYJiRORsOBrWWIKgCHozu0g
- Salesforce TXT v=spf1 ip4:209.15.209.64/27 ip4:209.15.214.192/28 ip4:209.15.243.112/…
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what ResearchGate adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 20/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on researchgate.net 10/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on researchgate.net 10/20
- Google Workspace 9/20
- Mailchimp 6/20
- Zendesk 6/20
- Atlassian 6/20
- Cloudflare 6/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on researchgate.net 6/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on researchgate.net 6/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on researchgate.net 6/20
- Apple Business 5/20
- OpenAI · not on researchgate.net 5/20
- DocuSign · not on researchgate.net 5/20
- GlobalSign · not on researchgate.net 5/20
- SendGrid · not on researchgate.net 5/20