Sharing gray academic literature with ResearchGate DOIs: Increased discoverability but inaccurate metadata

[EN] Purpose To describe the characteristics of research outputs using persistent identifiers generated by ResearchGate to gain insight into what publications are shared and disseminated through this functionality, revealing their academic and non-academic impact.Design/methodology/approach A total...

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Autor: Orduña-Malea, Enrique|||0000-0002-1989-8477
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/226303
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Article-level metrics
Permanent identifiers
ResearchGate
Social academic networking sites
Social media metrics
09.- Desarrollar infraestructuras resilientes, promover la industrialización inclusiva y sostenible, y fomentar la innovación
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spelling Sharing gray academic literature with ResearchGate DOIs: Increased discoverability but inaccurate metadataOrduña-Malea, Enrique|||0000-0002-1989-8477Article-level metricsPermanent identifiersResearchGateSocial academic networking sitesSocial media metrics09.- Desarrollar infraestructuras resilientes, promover la industrialización inclusiva y sostenible, y fomentar la innovación[EN] Purpose To describe the characteristics of research outputs using persistent identifiers generated by ResearchGate to gain insight into what publications are shared and disseminated through this functionality, revealing their academic and non-academic impact.Design/methodology/approach A total of 1,092,934 RG-DOIs were collected, using the DataCite API, along with bibliographic metadata for the associated registered output (RG-DOI publications). The subsequent analysis evaluated the publication date, document type, and language. These values were crossreferenced against the full text of a random sample of 666 records to verify accuracy.Findings RG-DOIs have served primarily to identify and make accessible scholarly gray literature, including posters, presentations, conference papers, and theses, with notable emphasis on publications in Spanish and Portuguese. Around 41,000 citations from Web of Science indexed publications to RG publications are evidence of their infrequent but perceptible use in scholarly discourse. The declining number of registrations of RG-DOIs observed may indicate a shift in researcher preferences to alternative platforms for DOI generation.Research limitations The study uncovered substantial inconsistencies in DataCite metadata, which can be attributed to the automated DOI registration process and internal changes in the available document types on ResearchGate.Practical implications The study encountered challenges in conducting a quantitative analysis due to inconsistencies in the metadata. These have potential implications for researchers, practitioners, and librarians relying on RG-DOIs to conduct bibliometric or bibliographic analysis.Originality/value This study is the first comprehensive analysis of RG-DOIs and, as such, provides a unique perspective into academic gray literature. It also sheds light on the quality of ResearchGate data transmitted to DataCite when registering DOIs.This study was supported by Grant PID2022-142569NA-I00, funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by the European Union through "ERDF A way of making Europe."J. data inf. sci.Departamento de Comunicación Audiovisual, Documentación e Historia del ArteFacultad de Bellas ArtesAgencia Estatal de InvestigaciónEuropean Regional Development FundRepositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet20252025-07-10journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/226303reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valénciainstname:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)InglésengAgencia Estatal de Investigación http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023 PID2022-142569NA-I00 INVESTIGACION PUBLICITADA: NUEVOS INDICADORES PARA MEDIR LOS EFECTOS DEL MARKETING OPORTUNO EN LA EVALUACION ACADEMICAopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Reconocimiento - Sin obra derivada (by-nd) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riunet.upv.es:10251/2263032026-06-13T07:49:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Sharing gray academic literature with ResearchGate DOIs: Increased discoverability but inaccurate metadata
title Sharing gray academic literature with ResearchGate DOIs: Increased discoverability but inaccurate metadata
spellingShingle Sharing gray academic literature with ResearchGate DOIs: Increased discoverability but inaccurate metadata
Orduña-Malea, Enrique|||0000-0002-1989-8477
Article-level metrics
Permanent identifiers
ResearchGate
Social academic networking sites
Social media metrics
09.- Desarrollar infraestructuras resilientes, promover la industrialización inclusiva y sostenible, y fomentar la innovación
title_short Sharing gray academic literature with ResearchGate DOIs: Increased discoverability but inaccurate metadata
title_full Sharing gray academic literature with ResearchGate DOIs: Increased discoverability but inaccurate metadata
title_fullStr Sharing gray academic literature with ResearchGate DOIs: Increased discoverability but inaccurate metadata
title_full_unstemmed Sharing gray academic literature with ResearchGate DOIs: Increased discoverability but inaccurate metadata
title_sort Sharing gray academic literature with ResearchGate DOIs: Increased discoverability but inaccurate metadata
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Orduña-Malea, Enrique|||0000-0002-1989-8477
author Orduña-Malea, Enrique|||0000-0002-1989-8477
author_facet Orduña-Malea, Enrique|||0000-0002-1989-8477
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Comunicación Audiovisual, Documentación e Historia del Arte
Facultad de Bellas Artes
Agencia Estatal de Investigación
European Regional Development Fund
Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Article-level metrics
Permanent identifiers
ResearchGate
Social academic networking sites
Social media metrics
09.- Desarrollar infraestructuras resilientes, promover la industrialización inclusiva y sostenible, y fomentar la innovación
topic Article-level metrics
Permanent identifiers
ResearchGate
Social academic networking sites
Social media metrics
09.- Desarrollar infraestructuras resilientes, promover la industrialización inclusiva y sostenible, y fomentar la innovación
description [EN] Purpose To describe the characteristics of research outputs using persistent identifiers generated by ResearchGate to gain insight into what publications are shared and disseminated through this functionality, revealing their academic and non-academic impact.Design/methodology/approach A total of 1,092,934 RG-DOIs were collected, using the DataCite API, along with bibliographic metadata for the associated registered output (RG-DOI publications). The subsequent analysis evaluated the publication date, document type, and language. These values were crossreferenced against the full text of a random sample of 666 records to verify accuracy.Findings RG-DOIs have served primarily to identify and make accessible scholarly gray literature, including posters, presentations, conference papers, and theses, with notable emphasis on publications in Spanish and Portuguese. Around 41,000 citations from Web of Science indexed publications to RG publications are evidence of their infrequent but perceptible use in scholarly discourse. The declining number of registrations of RG-DOIs observed may indicate a shift in researcher preferences to alternative platforms for DOI generation.Research limitations The study uncovered substantial inconsistencies in DataCite metadata, which can be attributed to the automated DOI registration process and internal changes in the available document types on ResearchGate.Practical implications The study encountered challenges in conducting a quantitative analysis due to inconsistencies in the metadata. These have potential implications for researchers, practitioners, and librarians relying on RG-DOIs to conduct bibliometric or bibliographic analysis.Originality/value This study is the first comprehensive analysis of RG-DOIs and, as such, provides a unique perspective into academic gray literature. It also sheds light on the quality of ResearchGate data transmitted to DataCite when registering DOIs.
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