Academia.edu

Academia, Inc.
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Type of business	Private
Type of site	Platform for sharing research papers
Available in	English
Headquarters	San Francisco, California
Area served	Worldwide
Founder(s)	Richard Price
Employees	100
URL	academia.edu
Registration	Required
Users	265 million
Launched	September 2008
Current status	Active

Academia.edu is a for-profit platform for sharing academic research that is uploaded and distributed by researchers from around the world. All academic articles are free to read by visitors, however uploading and downloading articles is restricted to registered users, with additional features accessible only as a paid subscription.^[3]

Since the launch of the site in 2008, the number of users has grown rapidly, reaching about 10 million daily visits in early 2022. By 2024, Academia.edu has over 265 million registered users, with over 55 million papers currently available on the platform.^[4]

In 2022, the company entered the scientific publishing sector, launching a dozen scientific, open access journals, and publishing under the name of Academia.edu Journals.^[5]

^ "Our Mission". Academia.edu. Archived from the original on December 10, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
^ "Academia.edu | About". www.academia.edu. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
^ Duffy, Brooke Erin; Pooley, Jefferson D. (January 2017). ""Facebook for Academics": The Convergence of Self-Branding and Social Media Logic on Academia.edu". Social Media + Society. 3 (1): 205630511769652. doi:10.1177/2056305117696523.
^ Academia.edu. "About". Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
^ Jack, Andrew (February 21, 2022). "Tencent-backed academic network to launch 'open access' journals". Financial Times. Archived from the original on February 23, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2022.

[About-1] "Our Mission". Academia.edu. Archived from the original on December 10, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2018.

[2] "Academia.edu | About". www.academia.edu. Retrieved February 3, 2024.

[Duffy-3] Duffy, Brooke Erin; Pooley, Jefferson D. (January 2017). ""Facebook for Academics": The Convergence of Self-Branding and Social Media Logic on Academia.edu". Social Media + Society. 3 (1): 205630511769652. doi:10.1177/2056305117696523.

[4] Academia.edu. "About". Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved April 21, 2022.

[5] Jack, Andrew (February 21, 2022). "Tencent-backed academic network to launch 'open access' journals". Financial Times. Archived from the original on February 23, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2022.

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