SSRN is an online repository of scholarly research. It was founded to provide an alternative distribution vehicle for scholarly research, enabling work to be shared as quickly and efficiently as possible at the lowest cost - in effect, providing Tomorrow's Research Today.
SSRN began in 1994 as one finance network; today it spans nearly 20 distinct networks in both the social sciences and humanities. The eLibrary currently houses more than 700,000 papers and abstracts from more than 300,000 authors worldwide. Papers are being downloaded at an annual rate of more than 12 million, with more than 100 million downloads to date.