You can edit any papers after you've already uploaded them at any time. Make sure you're logged in to your Academia account, then click the "Edit" button from either your profile page or the paper page. Click the "Save" button to finalize your changes.
How do I edit my paper?
You can edit your papers from either of these two places:
- From your profile: Click Edit under the paper where it is located on your profile.
- On your paper page: Click ··· More Options under the title and abstract, then select Edit from the menu.
On your profile
- Open your profile page. You can get there by clicking on your name and profile photo at the top, then click My Profile.
- Go to Uploads where all of your uploaded papers appear.
- Scroll down to the paper you'd like to edit.
- Click the
button under the paper.
- Make any changes to your paper. Click Save when you're finished.
💡 Tip: If you added this paper to a section on your profile, you can also click the section tab where the paper exists to get there faster.
On your paper page
- Open the paper in your browser.
- Look under the title and abstract (or summary) of your paper.
- Click the ··· More Options button (or three-dots) to reveal a context menu with more options.
- Click Edit.
- Make any changes to your paper. Click Save when you're finished.
What can I edit on my paper?
As the owner of a paper, you can use the editing tool if you want to change anything about your paper, like the:
- Attachments: Add or remove files you've attached to your paper
- Title: The name of your paper that appears on Academia and in search engines where the paper is visible
- Co-Authors: Who participated in authoring the paper
- Abstract: The summary of your paper
See the full list of paper-editing options.
If you're the co-author of a paper, you may edit only the Co-Authors section.