AcademicTorrents

Introduction

Research papers and the thesis of remarkable authors can be a great source of knowledge and can be proved of great help to individual research as well. As the entire process of writing an academic paper is time-consuming, it would be disappointing if most of that time is consumed in gathering information.

Academic Torrents helps to reduce the time required in hunting for relevant data with its extensive torrent library.

What is Academic Torrents?

Academic Torrents is a free torrent website that consists of torrents of notable research papers, books, and thesis’ written by prominent authors. The website has been operating since 2014 and has a database on some of the most significant topics. You don’t need a registered account to access the website or its content library, Academic Torrents lets you download torrents for free with no restrictions.

Is Academic Torrents safe?

For a torrent site to be safe for browsing, it needs to have an SSL certificate, which Academic Torrents does not have. And thus, it’s advisable not to put sensitive credentials on the website. You can use tools such as SEOQuake and MOZ to check the credibility of a website by gauging Domain Score (DS) and Trust Score (TS). Based on my research, Academic Torrents has a domain score of 28 and a trust score of 37 which is the best I’ve seen in the torrent category. Given that torrent sites have a hard time building a positive reputation with the search engine, it’s refreshing to see a helpful portal such as Academic Torrents defying all odds.

Remember, it’s not uncommon for torrent sites to have a DS less than 15 and a TS less than 40. And when you find a site which is nearly twice as authoritative as your usual torrent sites, you can’t help but notice the content and the community.

What should you expect from Academic Torrents?

Apart from the mammoth content library of information, there are some added benefits that you can get when you download data or get a registered account on Academic Torrents.

Credible Data – Academic Torrents does not give you information that is ripped off from a random article or taken from some other website. The database compiled and shared over the website is researched by the website owners or the members of the website. You can also find the source of the data mentioned in the torrent description. This type of credible data can help you make your paper even more concrete.

Complete Files – You would want to download the torrent for a research paper only to find that it has only half of the information needed. In such cases, you will have to go through numerous websites and webpages that might give you the information in bits and pieces. To help you avoid this struggle, Academic Torrents shows the number of files in the search result page itself and the contents of the torrent when you open the torrent page. There are some torrents on the website that have around 200 to 300 files and the highest number of files in a torrent can go up to 20k.

No Download Restrictions – Most of the websites that provide free download often tend to have download restrictions that let you download a specific number of files in a day or as a user. However, this is not the case with Academic Torrents.

Academic Torrents lets you download any number of torrents without any kind of restrictions. You don’t have to pay any money for the download or for accessing the file. There are no files or size restrictions, which means you can download numerous files simultaneously of any size or content or download one file a day.

Varied Categories – Academic Torrents is not just limited to research papers, there are other things on the website too. You can find comprehensive datasets for different topics of different fields, you can refer to these datasets to add to your research and make it more informative. Apart from datasets, there are numerous courses on the website for different subjects that can be great for both students and teachers from all over the world.

Academic Torrents in numbers

As mentioned above the website has been running since 2014 and since then it has been an excellent source of information for numerous people around the world. The website has over 13, 496 users and 2,500 entries. When compiled the total data amounts up to 64.61 TB and users from the world have downloaded more than 6PB’s of data.

As per the Alexa rankings, Academic Torrents is ranked #215,612 which makes it amongst the top 220,000 websites on the internet. It attracts more than 100,000 visits a month and an average visit on the site lasts for more than 2 minutes. An average user visits 3 pages before bouncing off the website. In terms of engagement, Academic Torrents does surpass all my expectations. Due to the incredible user interaction, it is able to maintain a commendable bounce rate at 34.1%.

How to access Academic Torrents?

You can access Academic Torrents by searching for the term ‘AcademicTorrents.com’ in your search engine. Alternatively, if you want to access the platform directly, you can use the following link: Academic Torrents.

Design

The website is an information-sharing platform and is designed to look like it. Academic Torrents is made of minimum elements and lots of links that take you to different internal pages and reference pages of the website. It also has videos that show or help you learn about the different aspects of the website.

Header – The website has a simple header with minimum options that can help you access the different pages. It consists of options like ‘Academic Torrents’, ‘Browse’, ‘Upload’, ‘About’, ‘Donate’, and ‘Login’.

The browse option opens a drop-down menu showing sub-categories of the website such as ‘Datasets’, ‘Papers’, ‘Courses’, and ‘Collections’.

Inner Pages – Academic Torrents has very few inner pages that make up the entire website. They are made of elements like links, buttons, text, search bar, checkboxes, icons, and more. Every page is designed differently, except for the browse categories page that sports the same layout.

Content

The website has a large content database that can be accessed by anyone. There are no download restrictions for both community members and visitors. Academic Torrents also keeps updating its content database with the latest information, research papers, datasets, and courses. You can also upload content on the website if you have a registered account.

Desktop/Mobile experience

The website works excellently on desktop layouts and due to its optimized design, all the functionalities of the website can be used easily. The aspect ratio of the website for desktop lets you view all the content in one frame.

Academic Torrents has a few pages that are optimized for mobile usage namely ‘Home page’, ‘Login’, ‘Donate’, and ‘About’. The pages in the ‘Browse’ section open in the website format and need to be zoomed in to view content.

To get the best experience of Academic Torrents, you need to have a stable internet connection of 10 Mbps.

Suggestions I have for Academic Torrents

Academic Torrents’ free factor surely wins the day but since the website does not offer any benefits to the registered users, the contributions may end up reducing over the course of time. Most of the visitors who download torrents from the website do not seed for the torrents, this increases the number of leechers on the torrents which affects the download speed. Both problems can be solved by implementing a reward system for registered users and appreciating them for their efforts.

Conclusion

There are very few websites that offer research content for free and with Academic Torrents, it has become easier for researchers and learners to get relevant data on their research subjects. Considering the overall performance of the website and the number of databases available on the website, it is like a shortcut for researchers.