🆚 Academia vs. ResearchGate
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 ResearchGate is slightly more popular than Academia.
- 🌎 ResearchGate is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
- 🌍 Academia is more popular in Spain, Italy, and Vietnam.
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Academia.edu is a social networking platform for academics that enables users to share research papers, build professional profiles, and connect with other researchers worldwide.
It hosts over 55 million papers and more than 300 million registered users, allows uploading and downloading articles, supports following researchers and topics, and offers premium features such as advanced analytics, personal website, and search alerts and filters.
ResearchGate is a social networking platform for scientists and researchers that enables them to share publications, collaborate with peers, and engage in academic discussions online.
It allows users to upload and track research papers with metrics such as reads and citations, access a database with over 160 million publication pages, ask and answer questions through a dedicated Q&A system, follow topics and researchers, and maintain detailed profiles with publication lists, affiliations, and research statistics.
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- 🥇 Most popular in Spain in the Science And Research category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Italy in the Science And Research category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Vietnam in the Science And Research category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in India in the Science And Research category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Iran in the Science And Research category.
- 🥇 Most popular in France in the Science And Research category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Germany in the Science And Research category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the United Kingdom in the Science And Research category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the Netherlands in the Science And Research category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Australia in the Science And Research category.
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