Academia.edu – creating a digital CV and a scientific achievement database

The most important functionalities:

scholar’s identification: a portal with millions of users and high visibility in browsers
self-archiving: publishing and organizing one’s own papers
announces articles, publishes journals and conference calls for papers, informs the users about academic job opportunities
access to basic analytical data which enable impact monitoring
the estimated impact factor based on the number of readers and text views as well as the PaperRank of a paper (a function of the number of recommendations the paper has received, weighted by the AuthorRanks of the recommenders) and the AuthorRank of the authors (depending on the PaperRank number)
the paid version offers access to various statistics, a citation search engine and detailed information on text readers

trying to enhance their visibility on the Internet
willing to publish their research results regularly and stay informed about research conducted all over the world
interested in the impact factor of their own research
willing to create a repository of their own scientific publications
looking for a platform for publishing invitations to their research projects
looking for a job in international research teams