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• Creating an account
• Manage your contact information including your institutional affiliation
• Submitting an unlimited number of papers
• Distribution of your abstracts in relevant Subject Matter eJournals (if eligible)
• Subscribing to any of our free Subject Matter eJournals
• Searching for/viewing all abstracts and author pages on our site
• Downloading most papers (some publishers will charge a fee for downloading papers)
• Viewing the SSRN Rankings for authors, papers, institutions and Subject Matter Networks
• Viewing the references and citations tabs on a paper's abstract page

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• Creating a Research Paper Series or becoming a Partner in Publishing
• Submitting to/registering for a conference through our Conference Management Services
• Purchasing the full-text of some papers
• Purchasing an individual or site subscription to our fee-based Subject Matter eJournals

If you would like further information on any of our services please contact our Sales Solutions team. 

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