Add, edit, or remove co-authors on your paper

Academia lets you add, remove, and rearrange your co-authors, and even invite them to Academia. As a co-author of a paper, you'll share all of the citation and analytical details about a paper, and papers you've co-authored will appear on your profile.

• Co-authors share paper analytics, including downloads and document views — the links on the profiles of all co-authors go to the same paper. 
• Co-authored paper information only has to be entered once by one person.
• Co-authored papers have increased exposure, as they are shown to the followers of all the co-authors on the work.

Add a co-author

You can add co-authors to your papers during the upload process or after a paper has been uploaded. To add or remove co-authors to a paper you've already uploaded:

1. Go to your profile.
2. Click Edit under the paper you'd like to change the co-authors on. This will take you to the edit page for your paper.
   
3. Enter the name of your co-author. A drop-down menu will appear with Academia accounts matching the name you enter.
   
4. Select their name from the list and click Save Changes.
   

If the person you're looking for doesn't appear, you may have to invite them to Academia. Co-authors must have an Academia account to be added as a co-author.

Invite a co-author

You can invite your co-author from the paper editing page: 

1. In the Co-Authors box, write their full name.
2. Click Add Co-Author.
3. Enter their email address. This is so we can send them an invitation to join Academia as your co-author.   
4. Click Add to finish sending your invitation.

Remove a co-author

If you would like to remove a co-author, click the "X" next to their name. Click Save Changes when you're done.

Rearrange co-authors

Co-authors can be also be set to appear in the same order as they appear on the publication. To re-arrange co-authors, click and drag the names into the appropriate order. Once you're done arranging your co-authors, click "Save Changes" in the top right-hand corner. 

Troubleshooting

I get a "Something went wrong!" error message.

Try restarting your browser, using a different browser, or restarting your computer. If that still doesn't work, let us know. Include your profile URL in your support request.

I don't see an "X" next to a co-author I want to remove!

Tell our Support team by providing the paper URL and the name of the Academia.edu user you would like to remove.

I added co-authors to my work, but they aren't showing up!

Adding co-authors is a two-step process. First, they have to be added to your paper as described above. Then, your co-authors have to confirm their co-authorship. This confirmation prevents people from adding you to papers without your knowledge.

In the event you invited your co-author to Academia, they will receive an email invitation to create an account. Only after creating their account will they be able to accept co-authorship. You may wish to reach out to your co-authors and ask them to log in and confirm.

I am a co-author but I don't want create an account!

Confirming co-authorship requires an Academia account.

Where did all these random co-authors on my work come from?

These co-authors may have been added in error by an automated process. You can remove co-authors at any time.