🆚 Google Scholar vs. ResearchGate

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Google Scholar is twice as popular as ResearchGate.
🌎 Google Scholar is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
🌍 ResearchGate is more popular in France, Austria, and Poland.

Google Scholar

ResearchGate

Type

Science and research platform

About

Google Scholar is a free scholarly search engine that indexes articles, theses, books, abstracts, and court cases from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, and universities.

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.

Headquarters

Mountain View, California, United States

Berlin, Germany

Website

scholar.google.com

researchgate.net #58

Pricing

Free ✔️

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Google Scholar science and research platform is 2 times more popular than ResearchGate.

Total websites

Market share

Science And Research

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Google Scholar is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while ResearchGate is more popular in France, Austria, and Poland.

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

Indonesia

India

Vietnam

France

Spain

Netherlands

Brazil

Awards

🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Science And Research category.
🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Science And Research category.
🥇 Most popular in Indonesia in the Science And Research category.
🥇 Most popular in Vietnam in the Science And Research category.
🥇 Most popular in India 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.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Google Scholar is more popular among sites focused on education and reference, business, and blogs and wiki, while ResearchGate is more commonly used on non-profit, advocacy and NGO, entertainment, and online shopping sites.

Education/Reference

Business

Blogs/Wiki

Marketing/Merchandising

Health

Personal Pages

Technical/Business Forums

Internet Services

Software/Hardware

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO