Ideas for Academia.edu to Build
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add privacy features
it would be nice to control what is visible and accessible by others, especially since anyone can join this and it isn't limited to members of universities.
260 votes -
"Follow" a paper??
I really miss the "I've read this"-button and just don't get the point in "following" a paper, since it won't "go" anywhere, i.e. will change anything about it's appearance, will it? I liked the read-papers-feature very much, also the part of the webpage showing "papers I've read", which isn't available anymore for some weeks now. what a pity.
189 votes -
add new papers at top of the list rather than the bottom, so newer papers are first
The move-up move-down process for papers is tedious. When users add a new paper it should appear at the top of the list, rather than the bottom. This way newer papers will be seen first by readers. Makes sense to me!
189 votes -
let us import what we've read from Mendeley, EndNote, ProCite, Goodreads, etc.
...because I compute/network to save time, not make work!
149 votes -
add an API
so third parties and users can build cool tools to interact w/your data
148 votes -
add society memberships
It would be nice to be able to add society memberships, i.e. APA, MLA, SCE, etc. The new journal section seems to be a good template for this...
145 votes -
distribute calls for papers
wish you had a place to post calls for papers, to be distributed to members on the basis of their interests
137 votes -
iPhone/Android/Blackberry...etc. application
An application for academia would be welcome, or at least a version of the web site optimized for the iPhone (and other mobile devices).
122 votes -
chronological order for talks
Hello, there!
I was trying to rearrange my talks and I just can't get them into chronological order. It seems to order them alphabetically, which doesn't help much.
Am I getting something wrong?
Thanks very much!
Florentina
86 votes -
85 votes
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Allow specifying past affiliations (with years range, position held)
I would like to be able to indicate that I was a graduate student in a specific university in a specific department for specific years, etc. That would allow searching for overlap to find contacts (or even automatically suggest them).
84 votes -
Add a calendar application
so that folk can find out about conferences and who's attending what.
66 votes -
62 votes
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get scandinavian and other special characters working
ü ö ä å and other characters do not seem to work in the search. At least the results page shows them falsely.
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59 votes
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groups
Can we create interest groups, like in Facebook? Where people can sign up so that you can inform them about things...
57 votes -
explain a little more about how it all works
I'm just in the process of signing up and exploring and all this looks fab BUT I really want one page that tells me, simply, how this all works.
On the 'About' page, the 'web page' explanation is good but where it says :
* You can find people with similar research interests to yours
* You can keep track of the latest developments in your research area - the latest papers, talks, blog posts and status updatesI want to know how I do these things. If I register my research interests, do I get notification any time someone… more
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Bring back the counters!
It's nice to know how many people downloaded a paper over longer period than 30 days. It is a childish pleasure but a pleasure nevertheless to see that some people are interested in what you wrote.
A Top Ten / Top Hundred list (within a cathegory) would not hurt either - it would be a good way to see what other people are reading.
Bring back the counters and make them visible to visitors as well!55 votes -
how to block a follower?
how to block a follower?
55 votes -
Make 'close preview' the default option for uploaded papers, to keep the list of titles readable.
Having the 'preview' of a paper open by default in the list of uploaded papers is a problem. It makes the list hard to use because it's not obvious that there are more titles below the first previewed paper. Less important but still annoying, if you're scrolling down the page and the cursor moves over the preview, that starts scrolling instead.
52 votes