What are skills?Skills describe the expertise, methods, and techniques you use in your research and help identify specialists in specific fields. We use them to recommend content relevant to your work, so it’s important to keep your skills up to date. You can also endorse researchers in your network to recommend them for their skills and expertise. Adding skills to your profileYou can add skills to your profile in a few simple steps: - Go to your profile’s Info Profiletab
- Click the pencil icon to the right of Skills and expertiseon Edit at the top right corner of the About me section
- Type the skill you want to add or pick from our suggestions.
- Click Save to add your skills to your profile.
You can add up to thirty skills to your profile. Removing skills from your profileRemoving skills from your profile is quick and easy: - Go to your profile’s Info Profiletab
- Click the pencil icon to the right of Skills and expertiseon Edit at the top right corner of the About me section
- Click the x next to the skills you want to remove
- Click Save to confirm your changes.
Endorsing someone for a skillWe're phasing out endorsements, in favour of Recommending Removing an endorsement you've givenYou can remove an endorsement in a few simple steps: Go to theprofile of the researcher you want to endorse- Click on their Info tab
- You’ll see a list of their Skills and expertise on the left-hand side
- Hover your cursor over the green plus icon that represents your endorsement. This will change to a minus
- Click to remove your endorsement.
How can I skip endorsement suggestions?To skip an endorsement suggestion above your Home Feed, simply click the word skip that appears when you hover your cursor to the right of the endorse button. When you skip an endorsement suggestion, we won’t show you it again. Removing endorsements from your profileYou can remove an endorsement from your profile quickly and easily: Go to your profile’s InfotabFind the relevant skill and click the number next to itA box will appear showing which researchers endorsed you for that skillHover your cursor over the researcher whose endorsement you want to removeClick Remove endorsement on the right-hand side. How can I change my disciplines?To change or add disciplines to your profile, please go to your ResearchGate profile page. Click on the Info tab, then scroll down. On on Edit on the right -hand side, you'll see Disciplines - Hover your mouse over the pencil icon, and click Edit. You can now change or add up to three disciplines and subdisciplines side of the About me section. Add or remove disciplines and then click Save.
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