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SSRN is the number one research repository in the world, with networks that span across multiple disciplines. These research networks are micro‐communities where researchers come together to share their...

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

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?

We are aware of technical problems affecting the display of some author names and affiliations (including the suggested citation area), and the advanced search results. Our team is actively working to...

Why am I seeing a problem with my name, affiliation, or using advanced search?

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? 

A free SSRN User Account is required to submit a paper. You will also need:


	Paper title (in English).
	Date the paper was written.
	Abstract/summary of the paper (in English).
	Names, affiliations,...

What do I need to get started when I am ready to submit my work to SSRN?

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?

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?

An Author Profile page lists all the working papers, conference papers, accepted not-yet-published manuscripts and publisher approved versions of record uploaded to SSRN by an author (or on behalf of an...

What is an SSRN Author Profile?

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?

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


	Inability to sign in after resetting your password.
	Constantly...

How do you Clear your Browser Cache/SSRN Cookies?



You can connect to ORCID via your 'My Account' page on SSRN.

NOTE: This information is private on SSRN and is not made publicly available. Adding your ORCID to your SSRN profile will not automatically...

How do I connect my SSRN and ORCID accounts?

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?

Paper Statistics, Rankings, and PlumX Metrics are just three of the ways researchers can determine the global impact of their work.


	Paper and Author Statistics

	
	What information is available within...

How can researchers gauge a paper’s impact?

SSRN has released a new submission form. The new form gives users an opportunity to upload their paper in 6 easy steps.Step 4: Classify Your Submission, allows authors to self-classify their paper.Classifications...

Classifying Your Paper with the New SSRN Submission Form

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?

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

To update your affiliation information, you can use the 'Affiliations' tab located on the left-hand navigation within your account. Alternatively, you can go to the 'My Account' tab and find the 'Affiliations'...

How do I add or update my affiliation?

Your submission may be placed back into a 'Not Submitted' status by SSRN staff if one or more of the following pieces of information is missing from your original submission.

Review the topic below that...

Why is my submitted paper  displaying a "Not Submitted" status on my My Papers page?

I submitted my paper to SSRN, but my submission is not visible on the 'My Papers' page or via SearchYour paper may not be available on our site for a few different reasons. One possibility is that your...

Why can’t I find my paper on 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?

The graphic below represents your paper's journey through SSRN. From submission to distribution, the potential is there for your research to reach millions of SSRN viewers and subscribers around the w...

What happens once I submit my paper to SSRN?

Contact us using the Email option at the bottom of this page and provide us with the user ids of the accounts you would like to consolidate. Your SSRN ID can be found on your 'My Account' page. The number...

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

On the My Papers page you will find a collection of papers written by or submitted on behalf of an author or researcher.

This page contains five sections: Ideas, In Process Papers, Publicly Available...

What is My Papers?

In the case of a revision, once you have edited your submission you will be prompted to "Submit your Revision" within the status window. If you know the paper has already been submitted, you should revise...

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

Are you getting PDF corrupt message or a problem with your fonts? 
Corrupt PDFs or errors from PDF generation are rare, but when they do happen, alternative saving methods can be helpful.
Occasionally...

How do I fix issues with my PDF?

The My Library page located on your SSRN account contains 3 tabs:


	My Favorites
	Download History
	Jobs and Announcements


My Favorites will store any papers that you have bookmarked via the 'Add Paper...

What is My Library?

eJournal Site Subscriptions allow institutions to ensure their academics are informed about the latest research trends and gain granular awareness of innovative activities in their field. eJournal Site...

What are curated eJournal Site Subscriptions?

Conference organizers work with SSRN to host conference proceedings within our library using our Proceedings Hosting solution. SSRN helps extend the reach of the papers within the proceedings, the conference...

What are Conference Proceedings on SSRN?

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?

Classification and distribution process:

View our new FAQ Classifying Your Paper with the New SSRN Submission Form to learn about the new changes SSRN has made to the classification process. SSRN changed...

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

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?

If clearing cache and cookies does not resolve a problem you are having open an incognito window in your browser. Using the web in incognito mode can sometimes help isolate, determine, or resolve web page...

How do I use Incognito mode to resolve my problem?

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...

Is SSRN a publisher?

When you create an account on SSRN you begin a new journey into the world of tracking, managing, and viewing your SSRN content. Enjoy the benefits of a free account:


	Share and revise your research.
	Subscribe...

What can I do with a free SSRN account?

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?

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?

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?

Yes! You can add an author to your SSRN submission.

If you need to add an author to your SSRN submission but you did not find the author by searching for them by name or email address on the submission...

Can I add an author to my conference paper submission that does not have an account?

Distribution times can vary depending on the popularity of the subject matter. You can generally expect to begin distributing a few days after your submission has been reviewed by staff.


When will my paper be announced in an eJournal?

Research Paper Series (RPS) showcase organizational and institutional research. Exposure to SSRN’s extensive community of relevant researchers and scholars increases the brand recognition and benefits...

What is SSRN's Research Paper Series?

To modify your eJournal subscriptions, or to unsubscribe from an eJournal subscription follow the instructions below. Please note, after unsubscribing, it may take up to a week for the eJournal emails...

Where do I modify or unsubscribe to eJournals?

The My Account screen allows users to manage their account including: changing login credentials, profile information, ORCID, affiliations, and author page details.


What options are available in the My Account screen?

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...

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

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?

RSS is an abbreviation for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary. It is a standard for distributing updates to a web site on a regular basis. Most news organizations have RSS feeds, and SSRN has...

What are RSS and Data Feeds 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?

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:


	Log in to SSRN.
	Click on 'My Account' from the left-hand...

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

PlumX Metrics is Plum Analytics’ comprehensive, item-level metrics that provide insights into the ways people interact with individual pieces of research output (articles, conference proceedings, book...

What is PlumX Metrics?

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?

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.
View the...

How do I view the research for an organization or institution with a Research Paper Series (RPS)?





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...

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

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...

Why am I getting a server maintenance error message?

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?

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:

The SSRN logo is available at this link  SSRN...

Can I use the SSRN logo?

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?

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?

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’s Partners in Publishing solution provides promotion and distribution support for journal publishers. We include the journal’s content in the SSRN eLibrary and ensure that it can easily be discovered....

What is Partners in Publishing?

If you have received an invitation from a conference to upload your paper(s) to SSRN for inclusion in conference proceedings, download Proceedings Hosting Submission Instructions for Invited Authors for...

Where can I find proceedings hosting submission instructions for invited authors?

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?

If you are a conference organizer (or designated individual) who needs to upload papers to SSRN to include them in your proceedings, download one of the PDF files below for step-by-step instructions.

If...

Where can I find proceedings hosting submission instructions for conference organizers and submitters?

If you experience problems making a purchase on SSRN.com, please try the following:


	If purchasing a paper, add the paper to your 'My Library' before making the purchase.
	Disable pop-up or other blockers...

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

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You do not need an account to 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...

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