Academia.edu
Academia.edu is a social networking website founded in 2008.
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The site was launched in September 2008.
History
Academia.edu was founded by Richard Price.
On its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company uses the legal name Academia Inc.
Months after its acquisition of Academia.edu rival Mendeley, Elsevier sent thousands of takedown notices to Academia.edu, a practice that has ceased since then, following widespread complaint by academics, according to Academia.edu founder and chief executive Richard Price.
In 2022 a company announced plans to launch ten “open access” journals "to swiftly review and publish their work, in a fresh disruption to the sector".
Academia.edu is an American for-profit social networking website for academics. It began as a free and open repository of academic journal articles and registered a .edu domain name when this was not limited to educational institutions.
The site was launched in September 2008.
History
Academia.edu was founded by Richard Price.
On its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company uses the legal name Academia Inc.
Months after its acquisition of Academia.edu rival Mendeley, Elsevier sent thousands of takedown notices to Academia.edu, a practice that has ceased since then, following widespread complaint by academics, according to Academia.edu founder and chief executive Richard Price.
In 2022 a company announced plans to launch ten “open access” journals "to swiftly review and publish their work, in a fresh disruption to the sector".
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