Academia.edu AlternativesAcademic Research Tools & Research Managers like Academia.edu

Academia.edu is described as 'Social networking website for academics. The platform can be used to share papers, monitor their impact, and follow the research in a particular field. It was launched in September08, with 31 million registered and over 8 million uploaded texts' and is a research manager in the education & reference category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Academia.edu, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Windows, iPhone, Mac and Linux apps. The best Academia.edu alternative is Mendeley, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to Academia.edu are BibSonomy, ResearchGate, Consensus and SciSpace.

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  1. Mendeley icon

    Mendeley

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    Mendeley helps manage and share academic knowledge: Mendeley Desktop is free academic software (Windows, Mac, Linux) for organizing and sharing research papers and generating bibliographies with 1GB of free online storage to automatically back up and synchronize your library...

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
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    • Online
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    • Most users think Mendeley is a great Academia.edu alternative.

    • Mendeley is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Academia.edu.

    • Mendeley is the most popular free alternative to Academia.edu.

    • Mendeley is Freemium and ProprietaryAcademia.edu is also Freemium and Proprietary
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    BibSonomy

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    BibSonomy is a system for sharing bookmarks and lists of literature (BibTex format).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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    • BibSonomy is the most popular Open Source alternative to Academia.edu.

    • BibSonomy is Free and Open SourceAcademia.edu is Freemium and Proprietary
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    ResearchGate

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    Enables users to upload and share scientific papers, connect with researchers globally, discover and follow research topics, access datasets, send direct messages, participate in discussions, track citation metrics, and explore academic job opportunities.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • iPhone
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    • ResearchGate is the most popular iPhone alternative to Academia.edu.

    • ResearchGate is Free and ProprietaryAcademia.edu is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Consensus

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    Consensus is a search engine that uses AI to instantly extract, aggregate, and distill findings directly from scientific research.

    14 Consensus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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    SciSpace

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    Search the largest scientific corpus in the world Discover and study research papers better with SciSpace copilot.

    14 SciSpace alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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    EasyBib

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    Automatic works cited and bibliography formatting for MLA, APA and Chicago/Turabian citation styles. Now supports 7th edition of MLA.

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Drive - Docs
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    • EasyBib is the most popular Android alternative to Academia.edu.

    • EasyBib is Freemium and ProprietaryAcademia.edu is also Freemium and Proprietary
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    Peerlibrary

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    PeerLibrary is an open source project developing a collaborative online community where scholars and researchers can discover, read, and discuss scholarly literature all within one site. This project focuses on expediting access to publications, enabling public recordings of...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
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    DeepDyve

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    DeepDyve provides simple and affordable access to millions of articles across thousands of peer-reviewed journals. Content from the world's leading publishers including Reed Elsevier, Springer, Wiley-Blackwell, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Internet Explorer
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     

  13. Academic Torrents

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    Sharing data is hard. Emails have size limits, and setting up servers is too much work. We've designed a distributed system for sharing enormous datasets - for researchers, by researchers. The result is a scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant repository for data, with blazing...

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    • Free
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    • Online
     
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    PubMed.gov

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    PubMed comprises more than 23 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    PDF Stacks

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    With PDF Stacks, you can organize, find and browse, search, annonate and share your collection and library of PDF files, papers, research and journal articles with a single click. It saves you time: no more wondering around your computer to find a PDF file.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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    Your library of PDF files at your fingertips: instantly organize, search, read, share and print within a click!
     

    • PDF Stacks is the most popular commercial alternative to Academia.edu.

    • PDF Stacks is Paid and ProprietaryAcademia.edu is Freemium and Proprietary
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