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
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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...

    98 Mendeley alternatives

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

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    • Open Source

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  3. ResearchGate icon
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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.

    42 ResearchGate alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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

    23 Consensus alternatives

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

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

    68 EasyBib alternatives

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    • Android
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    • Google Drive - Docs
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  7. Peerlibrary icon
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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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  8. Crossref icon
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    Search the metadata of journal articles, books, standards, datasets & more.

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  9. DeepDyve icon
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    DeepDyve is the company behind LitHub, an AI-powered literature-management platform offering researchers affordable, publisher-licensed access to scientific, technical, and medical research. Users can read 35M+ paywalled and 25M+ open-access papers and search a discovery index...

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    • Internet Explorer
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  10. 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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  11. PubMed.gov icon
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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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  12. PDF Stacks icon
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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.

    34 PDF Stacks alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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