About the Authors
- Yuri Niyazov
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Affiliation Academia.edu, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Carl Vogel
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Affiliation Polynumeral, New York, New York, United States of America
- Richard Price
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* E-mail: richard@academia.edu
Affiliation Academia.edu, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Ben Lund
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Affiliation Academia.edu, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- David Judd
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Affiliation Academia.edu, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Adnan Akil
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Affiliation Academia.edu, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Michael Mortonson
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Affiliation Academia.edu, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Josh Schwartzman
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Affiliation Academia.edu, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Max Shron
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Affiliation Polynumeral, New York, New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors of this manuscript have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: Academia.edu paid its employees, contractors and an external consultancy (Polynumeral) to perform this study. Authors Yuri Niyazov, Richard Price, Ben Lund, David Judd, Adnan Akil, Michael Mortonson and Josh Schwartzman are employed by Academia.edu. Authors Carl Vogel and Max Shron are employed by Polynumeral. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YN CV RP. Performed the experiments: YN CV DJ MS. Analyzed the data: YN CV. Wrote the paper: CV BL RP YN. Performed first version of experiment: AA JS. Wrote software for analysis: DJ YN CV. Performed Internal Audit of Final Experiment: MM.