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Academia.edu Slammed with Takedown Notices from Elsevier

Recently, Elsevier started sending Academia.edu take-down notices in batches of a 1000. 

Academia.edu Slammed with takedown notices from Elsevier, Jordan Novet, VentureBeat

Plasmyd Acquired by Academia.edu

Plasmyd, a search engine & discussion platform, has indexed 60M research papers.

Plasmyd Acquired by Academia.edu, Kim-Mai Cutler, TechCrunch

Academia.edu Raises $11.1 Million From Khosla, Others

Co will hire data scientists to mine 1000s of research papers for “diamonds in the rough.”

Academia.edu Raises $11.1 Million From Khosla, Others, Christina Farr, Venture Beat

Academia.Edu Overhauls Profiles

The site is approaching 2M users with 4,000 joining daily, and is backed by $7M funding.

Academia.edu Puts Onus on Researchers to Manage Profiles, Kim-Mai Cutler, TechCrunch

Academia.edu Adds Analytics Dashboard

“It gives scientists visibility into all the traffic they’re receiving by country & other factors."

Academia.edu to Bring Transparency to How Research Spreads, Kim-Mai Cutler, TechCrunch 

Academia.edu Has Raised $4.5 Million from Spark Captial

Academia.edu, a social network for researchers, speeds pace of sharing research.

Spark Capital Funds Academia.edu to Make Reserach Social, Liz Gannes, AllThingsD