Help accelerate the world’s research
We're building an open-access platform to bring the world's research online, available to all, for free.
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Open Access
Academia’s goal is to ensure that every paper, ever written, is on the internet, available for free. 28 million papers have been uploaded to Academia.edu. We think there are ~100 million papers ever written, so we are ~28% of the way there.
Distribution
Academia’s goal is to build the fastest and most relevant paper distribution system in the world. Today Academia.edu’s algorithms make about 20 million paper recommendations a day.
Peer Review
Academia’s goal is to provide signals regarding the trustworthiness of papers, and the trustworthiness of individual claims within papers, on Academia.edu.
Formats
Academia’s goal is to enable the sharing of knowledge in novel and effective formats - video, short-form content, data-sets, code.
Mission
The mission of Academia.edu is to accelerate the world’s research. Our goal is to speed up research in every domain - finding a solution to climate change; finding cures for diseases; evolving artificial intelligence. We want to accelerate research in all these fields, and others too.
Our Story
Richard Price, the founder of Academia.edu, had the idea for the company when finishing his PhD at Oxford in philosophy. As Richard was finishing his PhD, he decided he wanted to have a homepage where he could say “this is who I am; this is what I have been working on; here are my papers.” At the time, Oxford offered a few megabytes of space for personal websites, and you had to write your own HTML, and FTP files to the server yourself. Richard thought “there should be a one-click way of creating a homepage, and uploading papers. Having a homepage shouldn’t require technical ability.” Richard asked a few of his fellow graduate students, and they felt the same way. Richard moved to San Francisco. Ben Lund, who went to Cambridge, and later worked at Nature, also moved to San Francisco, and Richard and Ben launched Academia.edu.
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176,000,000+
registered users
29,000,000+
uploaded papers
73,000,000+
visitors per month
Culture & Values
Mission Oriented
People at Academia are mission-oriented. They care about the mission.
Kindness
Kindness is important to us. We like to work around kind people.
Meet the Team
Academia attracts kind, thoughtful people, it has an amazing mission, and it has a rapidly growing business. These things make Academia an amazing place to work at!
Zach Foster
Senior Product Manager
People here genuinely believe in the mission and are always looking for ways we can improve both the company and the product.
Isabel Zhang
Software Engineer
The transparency from leadership creates trust in the business, and inspires transparency from every level of company management.
Hannah Ehrlich
Head of Customer Success
Academia is full of wonderful, smart, capable people, who are all very passionate about improving the business and changing the world.
Ahmad Sanad
Senior Software Engineer
Leadership
Richard Price
Founder & CEO
Nate Sullivan
CTO
Yuri Niyazov
VP of Engineering
Paul Gu
VP of Finance
Jason Kellerman
Chief Product and Growth Officer
Benefits & Perks
Professional Development
Budget for professional development, quarterly team building, and events. Book purchase benefit and access to all of the books in our library.
Health & Self-Care
100% Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their dependents. Flexible sick days and flexible hours. Standing desks & ergonomic equipment.
Compensation & Benefits
Competitive salary, stock options, Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and DCA, 401k, commuter benefits, new Macbook and accessories.
Fun & Activities
Chess, foosball, piano, guitar, board games, juggling. Company retreat every summer. Weekly bootcamp with our personal trainer.
Convenience & Location
Work from our beautiful San Francisco office: Catered lunches served daily, on-site showers, bike storage, and a short walk to public transit. Or work remotely from anywhere in the USA or Canada. Core hours: 10am - 4pm PST.
Paid Time Off
21 days of paid vacation, 11 paid holidays, 8 weeks of paid bonding parental leave plus 8 weeks of birth parent leave, & 6 weeks of fully-paid sabbatical leave for every four years you work here.
Investors
We've raised $33.8 million from a range of investors
Our Investors
Thomas Lehrman
Co-founder of Gerson Lehrman Group
Mark Shuttleworth
Founder of Thawte and Ubuntu
Rupert Pennant-Rea
Chairman of The Economist
