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What is Academia.edu?

Academia.edu is a social networking platform for scientists to:

  • Read and share research publications, talks, conferences, presentations, etc.
  • Connect and follow other researchers in your field.

Premium Access Account

TCOM/TPOC Libraries are pleased to announce a new subscription with Academia.edu, enabling faculty and staff to access their Premium services!

To create an account:

  1. On the homepage, click on 
  2. Click on
  3.  Use your Touro email to create an account.

Configure your profile, specify your research interests, and upload any published works. 

If you already have an Academia.edu account that you would like to continue using instead of creating a new one, please email Devin Beck at Devin@academia.edu. Include the email address associated with your existing account, and he will link it to Touro.

As a Premium user, you will have access to more than 45 million research papers, articles, and dissertations from various fields. Premium access includes the following advanced features:

  • Mentions: Learn who cites you.
  • Readers: See who interacts with your work. 
  • Enhanced Analytics: Slice and dice how, when, and where your Academia profile is discovered and viewed. 
  • Advanced Search: Explore the full text of millions of uploaded papers. 
  • Profile Visitors: Find out types of people who check out your profile. 
  • Personal Website: A clean, beautiful way to show your presence to the world. 
  • Grants: Search our database of over one thousand grant and fellowship opportunities. 
  • PDF Packs: download whole groups of related papers to jumpstart your research. 
  • Search Alerts: Stay updated on your research with automatic reports of saved search queries.
  • Summaries: Get super-summarized versions of papers & save time on research.
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