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The Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is a website devoted to the promotion of scholarship in the fields of economics, finance, accounting, management and law. SSRN was founded by Michael Jensen (a financial economist) and is run by him and other scholars.

Academic papers can be posted by the author as a PDF document on SSRN. Academics can subscribe to e-mail newsletter covering various subject matters and will then periodically receive emails providing the abstracts of papers recently submitted to SSRN in the respective field, and a link to the paper.

Since its foundation in late 1994, SSRN has grown in importance in the academic community. In economics, and to some degree in law (especially in the field of law and economics), almost all papers will now first be published on SSRN and/or on other paper distribution networks such as RePEc before being submitted to an academic journal. This has the advantage that publications will usually become widely known in the academic community at an early stage, which will allow the author to incorporate comments into the final version of the paper before it is published in a journal. Moreover even if access to the published paper is restricted, access to the original working paper remains open. The email newsletters ensure that other scholars learn about the paper, which is of crucial importance, given the large number of academic journals. Furthermore, SSRN (likewise RePEc) offers a search function which allows scholars to find sources relevant for their research interests.

SSRN is not without its critics, due to the fact that papers and authors on the site are ranked by their number of downloads. It has been [argued] that this statistic is misleading and open to manipulation (e.g., by a malicious scholar seeking to increase his ranking). However, the other main paper distribution network in economics and related disciplines, RePEc, also publicizes download statistics. Besides its possible external significance, the download count can be a useful indicator for an author of how much interest various papers have received.

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SSRN
The Publisher, an article about the origin of SSRN
SSRN Considered Harmful, an article critical of SSRN policies.

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+The '''Social Science Research Network (SSRN)''' is a [[website]] devoted to the promotion of scholarship in the fields of [[economics]], [[finance]], [[accounting]], [[management]] and [[law]]. SSRN was founded by [[Michael Jensen]] (a financial economist) and is run by him and other scholars.
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-The '''Social Science Research Network (SSRN)''' is a [[website]] devoted to the promotion of scholarship in the fields of [[economics]], [[finance]], [[accounting]], [[management]] and [[law]]. SSRN was founded by [[Michael Jensen]] (a famous financial economist) and is run by him and other highly respected scholars.
 Academic papers can be posted by the author as a [[portable document format|PDF]] document on SSRN. Academics can subscribe to [[e-mail]] newsletter covering various subject matters and will then periodically receive emails providing the abstracts of papers recently submitted to SSRN in the respective field, and a link to the paper.
-Since its foundation in late [[1994]], SSRN has grown tremendously in importance in the academic community. In economics, and to some degree in law (especially in the field of [[law and economics]]), almost all papers will now first be published on SSRN and/or on other paper distribution networks such as [[RePEc]] before being submitted to an [[academic journal]]. This has the advantage that publications will usually become widely known in the academic community at an early stage, which will allow the author to incorporate comments into the final version of the paper before it is published in a journal. Moreover even if access to the published paper is restricted, access to the original working paper remains open. The email newsletters ensure that other scholars learn about the paper, which is of crucial importance, given the large number of academic journals. Furthermore, SSRN (likewise [[RePEc]]) offers a search function which allows scholars to find sources relevant for their research interests.
+Since its foundation in late [[1994]], SSRN has grown in importance in the academic community. In economics, and to some degree in law (especially in the field of [[law and economics]]), almost all papers will now first be published on SSRN and/or on other paper distribution networks such as [[RePEc]] before being submitted to an [[academic journal]]. This has the advantage that publications will usually become widely known in the academic community at an early stage, which will allow the author to incorporate comments into the final version of the paper before it is published in a journal. Moreover even if access to the published paper is restricted, access to the original working paper remains open. The email newsletters ensure that other scholars learn about the paper, which is of crucial importance, given the large number of academic journals. Furthermore, SSRN (likewise [[RePEc]]) offers a search function which allows scholars to find sources relevant for their research interests.
-SSRN is not without its critics. Papers and authors on the site are ranked by number of downloads.  However, it has been [[http://volokh.com/posts/1124154198.shtml#12919 argued]] that this statistic is misleading and open to manipulation (e.g., by a malicious scholar seeking to increase his ranking). The other main paper distribution network in economics and related disciplines, [[RePEc]], does also publicize download statistics. Besides its possible external significance, number of downloads can be a useful indicator for an author of how much his papers have encountered the interest of his audience.
+SSRN is not without its critics, due to the fact that papers and authors on the site are ranked by their number of downloads. It has been [[http://volokh.com/posts/1124154198.shtml#12919 argued]] that this statistic is misleading and open to manipulation (e.g., by a malicious scholar seeking to increase his ranking). However, the other main paper distribution network in economics and related disciplines, [[RePEc]], also publicizes download statistics. Besides its possible external significance, the download count can be a useful indicator for an author of how much interest various papers have received.
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