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Table 1

Main research constructs, variables associated, metrics and procedures

Main research Constructs	Variable/s definition	Metric and procedure
Social activity around ResearchGate research items (ORD and linked publications)
Self-archived ORD	Number of items published on ResearchGate as “data”	Number of items As published by the researchers at RG
Social activity of ORD and publication	Number of reads Number of citations	Reads on ORD Reads on linked publications Citations on ORD Citations on linked publications As extracted from RG
Quality of the self-archived ORD	Quality measured from 0 to 4	Score FAIR Compliance with the four FAIR criteria scale 0 = No compliance 1 = 1 FAIR criterion covered 2 = 2 FAIR criteria covered 3 = 3 FAIR criteria covered 4 = 4 FAIR criteria covered Note: An ORD archived on RG would not be findable. We considered findable an ORD which publishes the link to the self-archived item into a specialised data platform or institutional repository. Only 1 object amongst the 752 satisfied this condition
Researcher profile
Gender	Nominal classification	Gender classification using the following values Female, male, not informed/available
Scientific domain	Nominal classification based on a division of scientific domains-8y\g (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branches_of_science)	Scientific domain classification using the following values Applied Sciences (medicine and health sciences, engineering and technology), Formal Sciences (computer sciences, mathematics, statistics), Humanities (arts, history, visual arts, philosophy, law) Natural Sciences (biology, chemistry, physics, space sciences, Earth sciences), Social Sciences (educational sciences, psychology, political sciences, business, economics, anthropology, archaeology), not available
Geographical region	Nominal classification based on geographical regions as used at SCOPUS, namely, Tools (https://www.scimagojr.com/countrygraph.php)	Geographical classification based on the following regions Africa, Asiatic Region Middle-East, Eastern Europe Western Europe, Russia Northern America, Latin America, Pacific Region, not available
Professional position	Nominal classification according to the experience and type of academic activity	Classification relating the following groups of professional activity Student (post-graduate, PhD), Assistant (Technical, teaching, research); Mid-position, technical (Journalist, Librarian, Technologist, Researcher practitioner)Mid-position, academic (Lecturer, Researcher, Professor), Leader (Coordinator, Manager, director), Retired Scholar
Researcher’s reputation	RG score	Value (continuous scale) As calculated and extracted from the ASN platform

Main research Constructs	Variable/s definition	Metric and procedure
Social activity around ResearchGate research items (ORD and linked publications)
Self-archived ORD	Number of items published on ResearchGate as “data”	Number of items As published by the researchers at RG
Social activity of ORD and publication	Number of readsNumber of citations	Reads on ORD Reads on linked publications Citations on ORD Citations on linked publications As extracted from RG
Quality of the self-archived ORD	Quality measured from 0 to 4	Score FAIR Compliance with the four FAIR criteria scale0 = No compliance1 = 1 FAIR criterion covered2 = 2 FAIR criteria covered3 = 3 FAIR criteria covered4 = 4 FAIR criteria coveredNote: An ORD archived on RG would not be findable. We considered findable an ORD which publishes the link to the self-archived item into a specialised data platform or institutional repository. Only 1 object amongst the 752 satisfied this condition
Researcher profile
Gender	Nominal classification	Gender classification using the following values Female, male, not informed/available
Scientific domain	Nominal classification based on a division of scientific domains-8y\g (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branches_of_science)	Scientific domain classification using the following values Applied Sciences (medicine and health sciences, engineering and technology), Formal Sciences (computer sciences, mathematics, statistics), Humanities (arts, history, visual arts, philosophy, law) Natural Sciences (biology, chemistry, physics, space sciences, Earth sciences), Social Sciences (educational sciences, psychology, political sciences, business, economics, anthropology, archaeology), not available
Geographical region	Nominal classification based on geographical regions as used at SCOPUS, namely, Tools (https://www.scimagojr.com/countrygraph.php)	Geographical classification based on the following regions Africa, Asiatic RegionMiddle-East, Eastern EuropeWestern Europe, RussiaNorthern America, Latin America, Pacific Region, not available
Professional position	Nominal classification according to the experience and type of academic activity	Classification relating the following groups of professional activity Student (post-graduate, PhD), Assistant (Technical, teaching, research); Mid-position, technical (Journalist, Librarian, Technologist, Researcher practitioner)Mid-position, academic (Lecturer, Researcher, Professor), Leader (Coordinator, Manager, director), Retired Scholar
Researcher’s reputation	RG score	Value (continuous scale) As calculated and extracted from the ASN platform