Academia.edu, anyone?

[Yetanotherdegree]

Are you on academia.edu?

Do you think there's any reason to sign up? I've noticed that when I google potential POIs or students ithe programs I'm considering, a number of them are on academia.edu

Worth doing?

[cadences]

Well, with an academia account, you can download any article that has been uploaded by fellow academia members...and there are quite a few very decent scholars among them! I just downloaded some of Annette Reed (UPenn)'s stuff

[ἠφανισμένος]

I think it's worth having a profile if only because results from academia.edu show up relatively high in searches (for, say, your name).  It's in the top five results for my name plus a word related to the field.  Even if all you do is put up your CV and a link to your own site or departmental page, it makes you that much easier to find.  I've also found interesting papers through the research interests I follow that I probably would never have seen otherwise.

Edited June 28, 2013 by Petros

[Qaus-gabri]

It also alerts you when someone Googles your name—a narcissist's dream!