Research collaboration for unpublished ideas
Share the idea. Not with everyone.
Post what your project needs, choose exactly who can see it - your institution, signed-in researchers, or the open web - and meet the people who can help.
Why ScholarScope
ScholarScope makes it deliberate. Say what your work is missing, decide who may read it, and let the right person find you - before the idea is published, and without giving it away.
Postings Live
Say what you need. Then decide who gets to read it, before anyone does.
Halden University Draft
We have preregistered a replication across three hospitals and need someone to own the mixed-effects analysis. Co-authorship, flexible hours.
Anyone signed in to ScholarScope can read this. It stays off the open web and out of search engines.
Who can see a posting is fixed once it is published.
What it does
Only your institution, signed-in members, or anyone on the web. Widening asks first.
LiveInstitution-only postings reach people whose university address has been verified. Nobody else.
LiveFilter what is open, and search the titles and descriptions you are allowed to see.
LiveGroup postings, people and references. Keep a project private or let it be found.
LiveFind researchers by name or institution, connect, and talk directly.
LiveLink the paper, the dataset, the talk or the protocol it builds on.
LivePrivate work encrypted on your device, readable only on authorized devices.
LiveYour private work kept in encrypted storage on your own machine.
In developmentSee who changed what in a project, and when.
In developmentAttach the file itself, not only a link to it.
In developmentSecurity
End-to-end encryption Live
Private ScholarScope content is encrypted on an authorized device and can be decrypted only on authorized devices. ScholarScope routes ciphertext and readable authorization metadata, but does not hold a content-decryption key.
Being clear about this is part of the promise.
They record opaque IDs and timestamps - never what you wrote, your email, or what you searched.
AI
Not your drafts, not your postings, not your activity.
Each AI feature has its own switch in Settings. Turn it off again anytime.
Compare
| Capability | ScholarScope | ResearchGate | Academia.edu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limit a post to your verified institution | Yes | No | No | No |
| Choose the audience for each post | Yes | Full texts only | No | Yes |
| Private work end-to-end encrypted | Yes | No | No | No |
| Your work is not used to train AI | Never | Not stated | Not stated | Used unless you opt out |
Compared using each product's own public help pages, terms and privacy policies. "Not stated" means their terms do not say either way.
Beta access
Three answers, so we can invite the right people first. We email you when there is a place for you, and for nothing else.