编辑“︁ResearchGate”︁（章节）

== 历史 ==
ResearchGate 于2008年由病毒学家计算机科学家{{Translink|en|Ijad Madisch}}博士、内科医生Sören Hofmayer和计算机科学家Horst Fickenscher创立，目前{{Translink|en|Ijad Madisch}}是ResearchGate公司的首席执行官。<ref name="two">{{Cite news|url=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/03/failure-is-the-next-opportunity/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Aw%2C|title=Failure Is the Next Opportunity|last=Hardy|first=Quentin|date=2012-08-03|accessdate=2014-06-26|archive-date=2017-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918021900/https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/03/failure-is-the-next-opportunity/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%253Aw%252C|dead-url=no}}</ref>最早于马萨诸塞州的波士顿创立，之后不久就搬到了德国柏林。<ref name="Scott2014">{{Cite news|url=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/17/europeans-look-beyond-their-borders/|title=Europeans look beyond their borders|last=Scott|first=Mark|date=2014-04-17|accessdate=2014-06-26|archive-date=2015-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908040447/http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/17/europeans-look-beyond-their-borders/|dead-url=no}}</ref>

2010年，该公司的第一轮融资由风险投资公司{{Translink|en|Benchmark (venture capital firm)|Benchmark (风险投资公司)|Benchmark}}领头。<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2010/sep/08/researchgate-funding-round|title=ResearchGate brings in strong funding round for 'scientific Facebook'|accessdate=2010-08-09|year=2010|archive-date=2014-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207233750/http://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2010/sep/08/researchgate-funding-round|dead-url=no}}</ref> Benchmark合伙人{{Translink|en|Matt Cohler|马特·科尔勒|马特·科尔勒}}加入ResearchGate并成为董事会成员，并参与了迁往柏林的决定。

据《[[纽约时报]]》报道，这个网站开始时几乎没有特色，随着时间的推移，基于科学家的投入进一步发展。 从2009年到2011年，该网站的用户数量从2.5万增加到100多万。<ref name="Crawford2011">{{Cite journal|title=Biologists Using Social-networking Sites to Boost Collaboration|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_bioscience_2011-09_61_9/page/n89|last=Crawford|first=Mark|journal=[[BioScience]]|issue=9|doi=10.1525/bio.2011.61.9.18|year=2011|volume=61|pages=736|issn=0006-3568}}</ref>

2012年2月，[[彼得·泰爾]]的{{Translink|en|Founders Fund|4=创始人基金会}}领头了第二轮融资计划。<ref name="Imbert2012">{{Cite web|url=http://venturevillage.eu/founders-fund-invests-in-ijad-madischs-researchgate-we-ask-him-the-most-creative-questions-so-far|title=Founders Fund invests in the Facebook for scientists: Founder Ijad Madisch on confidence, Luke Nosek, and what the world needs more of|date=2012-02-22|last=Imbert|first=Marguerite|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826035452/http://venturevillage.eu/founders-fund-invests-in-ijad-madischs-researchgate-we-ask-him-the-most-creative-questions-so-far|archivedate=2013-08-26|accessdate=2018-09-04|dead-url=no}}</ref>2013年6月4日，该公司从包括[[比尔·盖茨]]在内的投资者那里获得了3500万美元的C轮融资安排。<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/04/bill-gates-benchmark-and-more-pour-35m-into-researchgate-the-professional-network-for-scientists/|title=Bill Gates, Benchmark And More Pour $35M Into ResearchGate, The Social Network For Scientists|date=2013-06-04|work=[[TechCrunch]]|accessdate=2013-06-08|archive-date=2013-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608085701/http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/04/bill-gates-benchmark-and-more-pour-35m-into-researchgate-the-professional-network-for-scientists/|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/06/04/researchgate-raises-35-million-series-c-from-bill-gates-and-tenaya-capital/|title='Facebook for scientists' ResearchGate raises $35M led by Bill Gates and prepares to release an API|last=Yeung|first=Ken|date=2013-06-04|publisher=The Next Web|accessdate=2018-09-04|archive-date=2018-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905022901/https://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/06/04/researchgate-raises-35-million-series-c-from-bill-gates-and-tenaya-capital/|dead-url=no}}</ref>

Researchgate 的竞争对手包括 「Academia.edu」，Google Scholar 和 「Mendeley」。 据报道 Academia.edu 拥有更多的注册用户(大约3400万对1100万)和更高的网络流量，但是ResearchGate研究人员的活跃使用量却要大得多。 研究人员将其用户账户限制在公认的机构和公布的研究人员可以解释在主动使用方面的差异，因为在 Academia.edu 的账户中有很高比例已经失效或不活跃。 在最近的一项关于学术概况工具的调查中，调查对象中有 ResearchGate profiles 和 Google Scholar 的资料，但是使用 Google Scholar 搜索的人数几乎是使用 ResearchGate 查阅出版物的两倍。<ref name="InnovationsSurvey">{{Cite web |title=Innovations in Scholarly Communication |url=https://101innovations.wordpress.com/ |website=Innovations in Scholarly Communication |language=en |access-date=2025-12-16}}</ref>

Madisch 表示，该公司的业务战略侧重于基于用户活动分析的高度针对性广告，称"想象一下你可以点击纸上提到的显微镜购买它"，并估计在"相对较少的人数"的控制下，每年在科学上的支出为1万亿美元。

2015年11月，他们从[[高盛]]、Benchmark Capital、Wellcome Trust 和比尔·盖茨等一系列投资者那里获得了5260万美元的额外资金，但直到2017年2月才宣布。<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/technology/science-research-researchgate-gates-goldman.html|title=A Facebook-Style Shift in How Science Is Shared|last=Scott|first=Mark|date=2017-02-28|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=2017-03-01|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2017-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301064312/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/technology/science-research-researchgate-gates-goldman.html|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchinformation.info/news/researchgate-announces-52m-investment|title=ResearchGate announces $52m investment|accessdate=2017-03-01|language=en|archive-date=2017-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301181223/https://www.researchinformation.info/news/researchgate-announces-52m-investment|dead-url=no}}</ref>损失从2014年的540万美元增加到2015年的620万美元，但 ResearchGate 的首席执行官表示乐观，认为他们最终会实现盈亏平衡。<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/05/researchgate-ceo-denies-scraping-accounts-from-rival-site-to-generate-sign-ups/|title=ResearchGate CEO denies scraping accounts from rival site to generate sign-ups|last=Perez|first=Sarah|work=TechCrunch|language=en|access-date=2017-12-08|archive-date=2017-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208122328/https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/05/researchgate-ceo-denies-scraping-accounts-from-rival-site-to-generate-sign-ups/|dead-url=no}}</ref>