ResearchGate bows to pressure from publishers on copyrighted material
By 
Rebecca Trager2017-11-15T09:11:00
Networking site has moved 1.7 million journal articles from five major publishers so they are no longer accessible to the public
The ResearchGate networking site, which is also used to share scholarly papers, has agreed to the demands of publishers concerned that the site is allowing copyrighted journal articles to be published online illegally. As a result, ResearchGate has agreed to restrict access to papers currently held on its site.