Primary Research Group Inc. has published the Survey of US Higher
Education Faculty 2023, Use of Academia.Edu and ResearchGate, ISBN
979-8-88517-180-9

This study looks closely at the incidence, extent and kind of use of the
major academic social networking sites Academia.Edu and ResearchGate by
higher education faculty in the USA.  The report presents data for each
service individually, with distinct data sets for the percentage of faculty
using a particular service, the extent of their use, and their evaluation
of the usefulness of the service to the individual scholar.  The study
helps its readers to answer questions such as: what type of faculty value
ResearchGate or Academia.Edu the most?  How much time do faculty in the
sciences spend each month on these sites compared to faculty in the
humanities? Visual arts? Social sciences? Business?  How does usage and
valuation breakdown by age, gender, work title, or race/ethnicity of the
faculty member?

Data in the report is based on a survey of 731 higher education faculty,
randomly chosen from a representative universe of more than 500 colleges
and universities in the USA; surveying was conducted in April, May & early
June 2023. Data in the report is broken down by a wide range of
institutional and personal variables enabling the study’s users to pinpoint
– by useful criteria – how these sites are being used and by whom.

Just a few of this comprehensive 115-page report’s many findings are that:

• 25.72% of faculty surveyed report having used Academic.Edu in the past
month.

• Faculty from research universities checked ResearchGate a mean of 3.27
times in the past month.

• Faculty from MA/doctoral level colleges had the highest propensity to
value Academia.Edu

• Posting frequency on ResearchGate correlated highly with personal income
level.

For a table of contents, the questionnaire and an excerpt – view the
product page at: https://www.primaryresearch.com/AddCart.aspx?ReportID=772