researchgate.net
Looks Normal
Standard signals observed
This reflects observed technical signals, not a judgment of the website's intent or safety. Wondering if Researchgate is legit? Below you'll find technical signals for researchgate.net including domain age, HTTPS security, DNS records, and redirect behavior to help you decide if this website is trustworthy.
The domain researchgate.net hosts an active website with DNS records managed via Cloudflare (inferred from nameservers) and IP addresses including 172.64.146.247 and 104.18.41.9. It is registered through Mesh Digital Limited and has been in existence for 17 years, with the current registration expiring in February 2026. The site enforces HTTPS, uses a valid wildcard certificate issued by Google Trust Services, and employs two redirects to ensure secure connections. These signals describe technical characteristics only and do not indicate intent or safety.
Final URL:
https://www.researchgate.net/
Redirect chain
http://researchgate.net/
→
https://researchgate.net/
https://researchgate.net/
→
https://www.researchgate.net/
https://www.researchgate.net/
Expires in 79 days
Certificate details
Subject: /CN=researchgate.net
Issuer: /C=US/O=Google Trust Services/CN=WE1
Chain: 3 certificates
Subject Alt Names (2)
researchgate.net
matches
*.researchgate.net
Based on nameserver patterns, DNS appears to be hosted via Cloudflare, a widely-used DNS and CDN provider.
IP addresses & nameservers
A: 104.18.41.9, 172.64.146.247
AAAA: 2606:4700:4403::6812:2909, 2606:4700:4401::ac40:92f7
NS: marty.ns.cloudflare.com, val.ns.cloudflare.com
MX records (5)
TXT records (5)
apple-domain-verification=1zVGDn699lBJWe3hatlassian-domain-verification=Nad6ba1ysA1mdnvoY0zYwoRwv6n...google-site-verification=adDX9Qsrt8PjtLYlL3wfJJVp_QvS36jM...google-site-verification=o6Zn1HIYOJ47s1qpx6D1NYJiRORsOBrW...v=spf1 ip4:209.15.209.64/27 ip4:209.15.214.192/28 ip4:209...More details
Last changed: Feb 07, 2026
Status: client delete prohibited client transfer prohibited client update prohibited
Nameservers: MARTY.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM, VAL.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
Final URL: https://www.researchgate.net/robots.txt
These directives apply to crawlers requesting this host.
Directive breakdown
Raw content
User-agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /cdn-cgi/ Disallow: /connector/ Disallow: /plugins. Disallow: /firststeps. Disallow: /publicliterature.PublicLiterature.search.html Disallow: /lite.publication.PublicationRequestFulltextPromo.requestFulltext.html Allow: /signup.SignUp.html$ Disallow: /signup.
Robots.txt directives are advisory instructions for crawlers and do not enforce access control.