SSRN is thrilled to announce a new feature for Research Paper Series (RPS). The innovative release applies institutional branding to every article page associated with papers of a Research Paper Series, allowing authors and institutions to better highlight their work.

What’s this about?

A Research Paper Series promotes the research output of authors from an institution, for example George Mason, collected nicely together on a customized landing page. A Research Paper Series will often focus on a specific part of an institution, such as a law school, business school, and a department within a corporation. Applying institutional branding on all articles included in a Research Paper Series strengthens the presence of an institution and underscores an author’s work. 

Why Have we Made this Change?

Institutionally branded article pages enable discovery of a Research Paper Series on SSRN more easily than ever before. Prior to this new feature, an author’s participation in a Research Paper Series was noticeable through a clickable series identifier found under the paper title on the article page. With this new release, the institutional branding for all authors of a paper (displaying up to four different RPS branding, ordered alphabetically) will appear at the top of the article page, linking back to the associated Research Paper Series. It’s an excellent mechanism for authors to emphasize their affiliation as well as creating a more visible and interconnected scholarly network. 

“We’re really excited to make this change to provide more value to our RPS customers – we’re very proud to showcase their support for so much of the great research on SSRN, and we’ll continue to explore creative ways to add value to their work,” said Michael Magoulias, SSRN’s Director of Operations.

You can see an example of this new feature by clicking on a paper in the Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, Law & Economics Research Paper Series.