About Academia.edu
Academia.edu is a platform where academics upload and share research papers, follow other scholars and track readership, with a premium tier for added features. Working with research literature connects an initial question with the publications used to explore it. Readers can investigate a focused topic or broaden their reading, bringing the arguments and methods of scholarly work into their own study process.
Sharing Papers and Academic Work
Academics can upload and share research papers through the platform. This gives publications a digital setting linked with the people who contribute them, connecting the presentation of scholarly work with readers interested in particular subjects and authors.
Following Scholars and Readership
Following other scholars and tracking readership connect research sharing with professional interests. These activities give contributors ways to engage with an academic audience, bringing the discovery of papers into a wider environment of people and research connections.
Academic Discovery and Exchange
The service serves researchers and readers exploring scholarly writing. Its combination of shared papers, researcher connections and readership information brings academic communication into an online platform, connecting individual work with a wider audience interested in research. A literature resource serves several stages of academic reading, from discovering a subject to investigating a specialised question. Publications provide a way to explore how different researchers approach related ideas and communicate their work.