Ruíz-Argüelles GJ, Gómez-Almaguer D

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To the editor:

Measuring the academic activity of scientists is not an easy task for there are very many indices. The Research Gate (RG) score is one of these many measuring tools. RG is a European, commercial, social networking site for scientists and researchers meant to share papers, ask and answer questions, and find collaborators; it is the largest academic social network in terms of active users. The New York Times has described RG as a mashup of Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin, and considers the numbers of published papers, citations, projects, areas of interest, etc. Inclusion in the measurements of the RG score is optional, and this feature introduces a strong bias in the analysis of the academic activity of scientists since many choose not to participate in this network, which is thus, non-inclusive. Like many other instruments that measure scientific activity, the calculation of the RG score has several limitations.

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