Collaboration in research continuously gains importance. Recent developments in online collaboration technology, namely social research network sites (SRNS), specifically aim to support research collaboration. SRNS allow researchers to present themselves, to network, to communicate, and to collaborate. Acceptance of this technology by researchers has received little academic attention. Understanding the relationships between a user's intention and the utilization of SRNS is an essential step in engaging the SRNS as an educational tool. Previous research focused on explaining user adoption from technology perceptions such as perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, interactivity, and relative advantage.