🆚 Academia vs. ORCID
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 Academia is slightly more popular than ORCID.
- 🌎 Academia is more popular in the United States, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
- 🌎 ORCID is more popular in Germany, Russia, and Brazil.
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Academia.edu is a social networking platform for academics that enables users to share research papers, build professional profiles, and connect with other researchers worldwide.
It hosts over 55 million papers and more than 300 million registered users, allows uploading and downloading articles, supports following researchers and topics, and offers premium features such as advanced analytics, personal website, and search alerts and filters.
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is an open, non-proprietary registry that provides unique persistent identifiers for researchers and scholars, enabling them to distinguish their identity and connect their work across systems.
It assigns a 16-digit ORCID iD to each user, allows individuals to manage a personal record with publications, affiliations, and funding, and offers a public API and registry search for interoperability across research platforms.
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- 🥇 Most popular in Spain in the Science And Research category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Italy in the Science And Research category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Vietnam in the Science And Research category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in India in the Science And Research category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Iran in the Science And Research category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Russia in the Science And Research category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Germany in the Science And Research category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Spain in the Science And Research category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Vietnam in the Science And Research category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in the United States in the Science And Research category.
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