ResearchGate reaches deal with science publishers

ResearchGate, which allows scientists to share papers and connect with potential collaborators, has reached an agreement with three publishers to resolve differences over article sharing. As part of the arrangement with Springer Nature, Cambridge University Press and Thieme announced on 19 April, ResearchGate says it will ‘continue to promptly remove copyright-infringing content when alerted by publishers’.

The publishers will now have a better idea of when and where their material is shared, but they will not be able to pre-emptively block or filter research that scientists upload to the network, according to ResearchGate. The site has about 15 million users.