ResearchGate under pressure to restrict article sharing

An international trade association for publishers has proposed a deal with ResearchGate (RG) – a networking site for researchers to share their work and link up with potential collaborators – to address concerns that the site is allowing authors to illicitly post their journal articles. The International Association of Scientific Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) says its plan would allow RG users to continue uploading documents while restricting unlicensed sharing of copyrighted papers. It appears ready to take legal action if RG does not comply with the proposal.