I just received an e-mail invitation to join ResearchGate. I'd never heard of this network before. In contrast to Academia.edu it seems to be organized more on disciplinary lines than institutional lines. I looked through some of the names of people who have registered under environmental economics and saw only one I knew. So it seems to be even less successful than Academia.edu so far at attracting the big names. I have a profile on Academia.edu mainly in order to attract visitors to my websites. I'm not sure that anything-gate is a good name for a website :)
Are you a member of ResearchGate? Have you thought about joining?
i also got an invite. seems like they're spamming academia.edu members. i didn't join up.
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