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Sep 2023ResearchGate resolved litigation with Elsevier and the American Chemical Society and introduced an automated copyright-compliant article sharing solution.
SourceCompany research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
ResearchGate is a Berlin-based professional network for scientists and researchers. It helps researchers discover, share, and discuss research, while monetizing through recruitment, marketing, and publisher partnership products such as Journal Home.
Primary product
Professional network for scientists and researchers
Founded
2008
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Team size
200-300
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Professional network / scholarly publishing platform
Offices
Chausseestr. 20, 10115 Berlin, Germany (HQ)
London, United Kingdom
San Francisco, CA, United States
Business model
freemium network for researchers
Funding
Stage
Series D
Total raised
$87.6M
Latest round
Series D · Feb 2017
Latest amount
$52.6M
Dec 2020
Feb 2017 · Goldman Sachs Investment Partners
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder and CEO
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
CIO & Co-Founder
Work & culture
Mission-driven, international, and collaborative; the company describes itself as an open and empowered workplace with a team of optimists focused on connecting the world of science and making research open to all.
Work style
Flexible
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
No public salary bands were found on the company site. Third-party salary data suggests reported total compensation around $63k-$118k, with a median near $99.7k, but this is self-reported and should be treated as indicative only.
Benefits
30 days of vacation
professional development days
hybrid/flexible work setup
work from abroad up to 120 days per year
Product & market
Differentiators
- —Large global researcher network (25M+ members)
- —Researcher-focused discovery and collaboration platform
- —Publisher partnerships and journal-level distribution via Journal Home
- —Automatic article syncing to author profiles
- —Scientific recruitment and marketing products
- —Free core network for researchers
Technology
Jira
Google Analytics
Google Workspace
Google Cloud Platform
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
EUR1M-EUR10M
Estimated monthly visits
49M
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
Signals & risks
Latest news
Research Information · Jul 2026
ResearchGate announced a new Journal Home partnership with Science China Press to increase international visibility and engagement for the publisher’s journals, including Chinese-language titles.
Research Information · Jul 2026
ResearchGate expanded Journal Home with Bioscientifica to boost visibility, readership, and authorship across endocrinology and biomedical journals.
Research Information · Apr 2026
BMJ Group expanded its Journal Home partnership with ResearchGate to cover more than 60 journals and strengthen discoverability and author engagement.
ResearchGate Newsroom · May 2024
ResearchGate and PLOS expanded Journal Home to cover the full PLOS portfolio and make more than 300,000 full-text articles available to ResearchGate members.
Open Positions
5 jobs at ResearchGate
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