In a 2014 study by Nature, 88 percent of the responding scientists and engineers said that they were aware of ResearchGate and would use it when "contacted", but less than 10% said they would use it to actively discuss research with 40% instead preferring to use Twitter when discussing research.
在《自然》杂志2014年的一项研究中，88% 的科学家和工程师表示他们知道 ResearchGate，在"联系"的时候会使用它，但不到10% 的人说他们会用它来积极讨论研究，而不是在讨论研究时使用 Twitter。