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Academia.edu
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Richard Price |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Employees | 6[1] |
| Website | academia.edu |
| Type of site | Platform for sharing research papers |
| Registration | Free |
| Available in | English |
| Launched | September 2008 |
| Current status | Active |
Academia.edu is a platform for academics to share research papers. It was launched in September 2008 and currently has over 1.2 million registered users.[citation needed] The platform can be used to share papers, monitor their impact, and follow the research in a particular field. Academia.edu was founded by Richard Price, who raised $600,000 from Spark Ventures, Brent Hoberman, and others, to build Academia.edu.[2]
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Financials
In November 2011, Academia.edu raised $4.5 million from Spark Capital and True Ventures.[2] Prior to that, it had raised $2.2 million from Spark Ventures, and a range of angel investors including Mark Shuttleworth, Thomas Lehrman, and Rupert Pennant-Rea.[2]
Open Science
Academia.edu is a participant in the Open Science or Open access movements, responding to a perceived need in science for instant distribution of research and the need for a peer-review system that occurs alongside distribution, instead of occurring before it.[3] The company has also stated its opposition to the Research Works Act.[4]
Reception
Academia.edu has been described as a "huge deal" by The Singularity Hub, because academics "get quick and easy access to their colleague’s work, and they get quantifiable proof that their own research matters."[5] TechCrunch remarked that Academia.edu gives academics a "powerful, efficient way to distribute their research"[6] and that it will let researchers keep tabs on how many people are reading their articles with specialized analytics tools", and "also does very well in Google search results."[6]
Domain name
The domain name "Academia.edu" was registered in 1999, prior to the regulations which required .edu domain names to be held by accredited post-secondary institutions. All .edu domain names registered prior to 2001 were grandfathered in and not made subject to the regulation of being an accredited post-secondary institution.[7]
Competitors/Other open access repositories
References
- ^ "About". Academia.edu. http://academia.edu/about. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ^ a b c "Academia.edu | CrunchBase Profile". Crunchbase.com. http://www.crunchbase.com/company/academia-edu. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ^ Richard Price (2012-02-05). "The Future of Peer Review". TechCrunch. http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/05/the-future-of-peer-review/. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ^ Richard Price (2012-02-15). "The Dangerous “Research Works Act”". TechCrunch. http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/15/the-dangerous-research-works-act/. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ^ "Academia.edu – $4.5M in Funding, 3M Unique Monthly Visitors – Can They Change Science Publication?". Singularity Hub. 2011-12-11. http://singularityhub.com/2011/12/11/academia-edu-4-5m-in-funding-3m-unique-monthly-visitors-%E2%80%93-can-they-change-science-publication/. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ^ a b Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 (2011-11-30). "Academia.edu Raises $4.5 Million To Help Researchers Share Their Scholarly Papers". TechCrunch. http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/30/academia-edu-raises-4-5-million-to-help-researchers-share-their-scholarly-papers/. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ^ "edu Policy Information". Net.educause.edu. 2001-10-29. http://net.educause.edu/edudomain/eligibility.asp. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
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