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A free SSRN User Account with a complete author profile is required to submit a paper.Additional requirements include:Paper title (in English)Date the paper was writtenAbstract/summary of the paper (in...

What are SSRN's submission guidelines?

SSRN, formerly known as Social Science Research Network, is an open access research platform used to share early-stage research, evolve ideas, measure results, and connect scholars around the world. From...

What is SSRN?

SSRN is committed to maintaining complete and trustworthy content. We encourage authors to provide comprehensive author and paper metadata and to adhere to high publication ethical standards. During the...

How long does SSRN’s review process take? 

Follow the steps below to revise your submission. If you see 'Restricted by Publisher' next to your submission on your My Papers page, the publisher or journal has restricted the ability for you to revise...

How do I revise a submission?

Several common SSRN issues (as well as many less common ones) can often be resolved by simply clearing your browser's cache or cookies.


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1. Sign in to your SSRN account. Not sure how? To access your free account that was created for you when we received your submission, sign in to SSRN. If you aren't sure of your SSRN credentials, click...

How do I remove my paper from SSRN?

The NEW! Manuscript Identification Section of the SSRN Submission Form replaces the reference section from the previous form.

If the paper you are uploading has a DOI enter the DOI in the lookup area...

How do I add a DOI referencing another version of my paper?

You can link your ORCID account through your SSRN 'My Account' page.To connect your accounts:Sign in to SSRN.Click 'My Account'.Click 'Connect to my ORCID record' and sign in with your ORCID credentials....

How do I connect my ORCID to SSRN?

Paper statistics, rankings, and PlumX Metrics are just some of the ways researchers can determine the global impact of their work. Data associated with these milestones are available via a papers public...

How can researchers gauge a paper’s impact?

An Author Profile page lists preprints, conference papers, accepted manuscripts, and versions of record uploaded to SSRN by an author, co-author, or publisher.Why is an SSRN Author Profile important?An...

What is an SSRN Author Profile?

Yes, duplicate accounts can be consolidated on SSRN.To request a consolidation, please contact SSRN using the email option at the bottom of this page.Provide the full name, emails, and user ID or any other...

Is there a way to merge my duplicate accounts if I have multiple accounts on SSRN?

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How do I use Incognito mode to resolve my problem?

How does the new SSRN revision process work? The creation of a new SSRN submission form dictated the need for a new revision process. The old revision system lacked the ability for authors to make some...

The New SSRN Revision Process

SSRN is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of research. Each of SSRN's research networks encourages the early distribution of research results by distributing abstracts and full text papers submitted...

How do subscriptions work on SSRN?

A current and verified institutional affiliation is required to submit a paper. To add your affiliation to your account profile, you can use the 'Affiliations' tab located on the left-hand navigation....

How do I add or update my affiliation?

A medical or health care preprint is a research or medical/clinical or health care study that is posted publicly, that has not undergone peer review and as such cannot be regarded as conclusive. It should...

What are medical or health care preprints?

SSRN has released a new submission form. In Step 2 of the new form, authors can add publication details to the Manuscript Identification section of their submission.Does 'Add New Publication Details' replace...

Adding Publication Details in the New SSRN Submission Form

Authors can use the ‘Revise’ button available on their My Papers page, or click on ‘Revise my Submission’ link from the public abstract page of their paper. Once you have made the changes click on the...

What is the best way for me to revise my research to SSRN?

SSRN is an Elsevier company devoted to providing "tomorrow’s research today". Through our market-leading platform, we facilitate free author posting and peer sharing of numerous disciplines of research....

How do papers get on SSRN?

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SSRN is a platform for the dissemination of early-stage research. We are not a peer-reviewed journal, and we do not publish or distribute hard copies.Posting a paper to SSRN and/or distributing it in one...

Is SSRN a publisher?

If your organization has provided a logo, you can add it to your author profile page.

To enable the logo to show on your SSRN Author Profile page:


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Can I add my school's logo to my author profile page?

All individual authors can upload their papers to SSRN for free. All papers uploaded by individual authors are available for download free of charge.

SSRN does allow publishers and institutions to charge...

Are all papers on SSRN free?

Universities and organizations will often ask permission to use our logo on their site to direct their researchers/users to SSRN.

To access the SSRN logo:

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Can I use the SSRN logo?

There may be occasions where the publisher does not allow revisions to submissions. If you feel a revision is necessary, please contact the journal.How do I contact a journal participating in SSRN’s Partners...

Why does my paper say "Restricted by Publisher" in My Papers?

Your research available on SSRN can be shared in several different ways. From your paper's public abstract page select the share options located in the upper right-hand corner of the page. Share your research...

What is the best way for me to share my research on SSRN with others?

SSRN Support is available all day everyday via Eva, Elsevier’s AI-powered Virtual Assistant. EVA is designed to capture the details of your inquiry and provide you with options for resolution. If a solution...

How can I contact SSRN Support?

While you can browse and search for content on SSRN without an account, creating a free account unlocks additional benefits, including:View the full list of Top Paper, Top Author, and Top Organizational...

What can I do with a free SSRN account?

User ID and Password User ID: SSRN uses your email address as your initial User ID.Password: Must be between 5 and 200 characters. Passwords are not case sensitive.SSRN Contact Email: Designate the email...

What type of information can I see and or modify on My Account page?

In some circumstances, it may be possible to add a URL link in the body of your abstract summary when the link is to another paper posted on SSRN, or if the link is to the same paper outside of SSRN. SSRN...

Can I post external links?

Do you have an existing validated SSRN account but can't remember your SSRN User ID or Password?Forgot your user ID ? — Your SSRN login/User ID is typically your email address.Forgot your password? — Click...

How do I access my SSRN Account?

JEL stands for the Journal of Economic Literature classification code. It is a system for classifying academic research articles in economics. JEL codes categorize articles into broad areas of research,...

What are JEL codes?

If your ‘Restricted by Publisher’ submission has been removed you will see a message similar to the one below when trying to access the public abstract page. 

 



Why was my paper submitted by a publisher removed from SSRN?

Private status of new incoming submissions is not available when submitting research to SSRN. Here’s why: • SSRN aims to foster scholarly discourse across various fields. • Publicly available papers contribute...

Can I make my paper private so it can't be viewed publicly on SSRN?

Authors who submit their research to SSRN will be prompted with an option to use Elsevier's Journal Finder. Journal Finder is a free tool which suggests journals that match the scope of your research.

How...

Why am I being prompted to add my paper to Journal Finder?

Permission to use or reproduce content available on SSRN is restricted by the SSRN Terms of Use

We suggest contacting the author directly to ask for permission to use their paper. SSRN does NOT own the...

Can I re-purpose content available on SSRN?

If after you make a purchase you are not able to download the PDF, please reach out to SSRN Support. Provide us with the email you used to make the purchase, the paper's abstract ID, and the title of the...

What can I do if I encounter a problem when making a purchase on SSRN?

SSRN highly values the personal information of its authors and users. No user of the SSRN website is allowed to use it to create email lists to send bulk emails. We block automated harvesting of email...

What is the usage policy regarding personal information on the SSRN site?

SSRN would like to inform our users that on Tuesday, August 26th, 2025 we have scheduled a planned site outage. We recently completed a major database migration and appreciate your patience as we work...

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To access research showcased by an organization or institution visit our Research Paper Series page.
Navigate to our list of Research Paper Series or from the individual network landing pages.
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How do I view the research for an organization or institution with a Research Paper Series (RPS)?

Anyone can freely discover and access content on SSRN.


	Browse papers by Network & Subject Area: Find topic descriptions and links to popular and recent content.
	Perform an Advanced Search by Title,...

What is the best way to conduct a search on SSRN?

Many papers in the SSRN eLibrary are available as free downloads, however, we do have some charging papers (such as papers submitted by NBER, and CEPR) for which you will be prompted for payment. The amount...

Why am I being charged for a paper download?

SSRN values diversity in all its dimensions and is passionately committed to increasing inclusion, diversity and equity in scholarly research. Scholarly manuscripts are posted and disseminated for their...

What is SSRN’s statement on Inclusion & Diversity?

The SSRN User Account pages contain your SSRN account and contact information. Users can update their account information, contact email, affiliation(s) and connect their ORCID ID#.


What is an SSRN User Account?

To modify your subscriptions, follow the instructions below. Please note, after unsubscribing, it may take up to a week for the emails to cease, due to emails being queued for distribution.From the Subscription...

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