Editing Social Science Research Network (section)

{{Short description|Repository for preprints}}
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| title       = SSRN
| image       = SSRN Logo.svg
| caption     = 
| industry    = Information and [[open access]] content
| producer    = [[Elsevier]]
| country     = 
| history     = 1994–present
| languages   = [[English language|English]]
| providers   = 
| cost        = Mostly [[Gratis versus libre#Uses in open-access academic publishing|fee-free]] (monetarily gratis)
| disciplines = [[Social sciences]], [[Engineering#Main branches of engineering|engineering sciences]], [[humanities]], [[life sciences]], [[applied sciences]], [[health sciences]], and [[physical sciences]]
| depth       = Index, abstract, and full-text 
| formats     = Papers
| temporal    = 
| geospatial  = 
| number      = 
| updates     = 
| p_title     = 
| p_dates     = 
| web         = {{official url}}
| titles      =  
}}

The '''Social Science Research Network''' ('''SSRN''') is an open access research platform that functions as a [[Institutional repository|repository]] for sharing [[preprints|early-stage research]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is SSRN? - SSRN Support Center |url=https://service.elsevier.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/34348/session/L3RpbWUvMTczODM1Mzg4OS9nZW4vMTczODM1Mzg4OS9zaWQvZlU2amtHR0FOdWJEUmVuejhIa2dReFdFSDN2ZlpTQTVBalZaMXpkT3NHVmtPbXk0QVRQRzFacXhRWTY2dzdETGhoeG5Xa3BrMDRDajNqWVNWTHBWUWx5cjRvZUw4JTdFZFl4R3RzUEt3OSU3RUV5clpOU1E0SnhYQ2hlUSUyMSUyMQ==/supporthub/ssrn/p/16539/ |access-date=2025-05-31 |website=service.elsevier.com}}</ref> and the rapid dissemination of scholarly research in the [[social sciences]], [[humanities]], [[life sciences]], and [[health sciences]], among others. [[Elsevier]] bought SSRN from Social Science Electronic Publishing Inc. in May 2016.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Gordon |first=Gregg |date=17 May 2016 |title=SSRN—a leading social science and humanities repository and online community—joins Elsevier |url=https://www.elsevier.com/connect/ssrn-the-leading-social-science-and-humanities-repository-and-online-community-joins-elsevier |work=Elsevier Connect |publisher=Elsevier |access-date=17 May 2016}}</ref> It is not an electronic journal, but rather an electronic library and search engine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SSRN Paper Submission Process |url=https://www.ssrn.com/sites/en/assets/Image/SSRN_PAPERSUBMISSION_10August2018.pdf |website=SSRN}}</ref>