SSRN

SSRN (Social Science Research Network) is one of the world’s largest repositories and preprint servers for social sciences, humanities, economics, law, and related fields. Founded in 1994 and now owned by Elsevier, SSRN provides a platform for researchers to share early-stage research, working papers, and preprints before formal peer review.

Key Features

• Preprint repository
  Hosts millions of working papers, preprints, and early-stage research manuscripts.
• Discipline-specific networks
  Economics, law, finance, political science, management, psychology, and more.
• Early dissemination
  Allows authors to publicly share research long before journal publication.
• Free access
  Most papers are freely downloadable, supporting open scholarly communication.
• Author ranking & metrics
  Download counts, citation tracking, author leaderboards, and institution rankings.
• Journal & conference integration
  Many journals and conferences source submissions and working papers directly through SSRN.
• eJournals
  Topic-specific curated digests sent to subscribers featuring new papers.