https://jeltsch.org/en/tags/contributions/Recent content in Contributions on Michael’s DomainHugoen-usCopyright © 2002 - 2026 Michael Jeltsch.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:18:18 +0300https://jeltsch.org/en/michael_jeltsch_wikimedia_wikipedia_and_researchgate_contributions/Tue, 29 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://jeltsch.org/en/michael_jeltsch_wikimedia_wikipedia_and_researchgate_contributions/<p>By contributing to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Wikimedia&nbsp; <svg class="svg-inline--fa fas fa-up-right-from-square fa-2xs" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" role="img" viewBox="0 0 512 512" overflow="visible"><use href="#fas-up-right-from-square"></use></svg></a> and <a href="https://wikipedia.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Wikipedia&nbsp; <svg class="svg-inline--fa fas fa-up-right-from-square fa-2xs" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" role="img" viewBox="0 0 512 512" overflow="visible"><use href="#fas-up-right-from-square"></use></svg></a> , I, as a researcher, can make reliable knowledge more accessible to society and strengthen the connection between science and the public. But why would I contribute to <a href="https://researchgate.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ResearchGate&nbsp; <svg class="svg-inline--fa fas fa-up-right-from-square fa-2xs" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" role="img" viewBox="0 0 512 512" overflow="visible"><use href="#fas-up-right-from-square"></use></svg></a> , aka &ldquo;Facebook for Researchers&rdquo;? Since its inception, scientists have been speculating about the ulterior motives behind starting the ResearchGate project, especially since it is a venture-capital-backed, for-profit company that has raised tens of millions of dollars from investors such as Bill Gates, Goldman Sachs, Peter Thiel&rsquo;s Founders Fund, and Benchmark. Investors do not invest that kind of money without expecting a future return. For sure, ResearchGate is a convenient place to share, find and request papers that are not Open Access. That&rsquo;s how I mostly interact with it.</p>