AcademicCrew

AcademicCrew turns a WordPress site into a complete web presence for an academic research group. It manages member profiles, an auto-generated team directory, a course catalogue, a project/collaboration showcase, and a publications archive — all unlimited and free to manage by hand.

AcademicCrew Pro adds CSV/Web import, automatic publication sync from ORCID, Google Scholar, an IRIS/DSpace-CRIS repository, and CrossRef, full appearance and content customization, and native Avada/Fusion Builder and Elementor integrations.

It works with any theme: Gutenberg blocks are provided for every feature, so the plugin renders correctly on any theme, with or without a page builder.

Member profiles & team directory

Each researcher gets a profile page — photo, role, contact details, research areas, and a live publication/citation count — automatically generated the moment a member is added. The team directory lists everyone, grouped by role, with search and filtering built in. No limit on the number of members.

Courses

A course catalogue with code, credits, teaching language, degree programme, and an academic-year-aware period system — semester, trimester, quarter, or a single annual period. No limit on the number of courses.

Projects & collaborations

A showcase for funded research and industrial collaborations, with a filterable archive (by class and status) and a dedicated page per project — team, partners, funding source, and outcomes. No limit on the number of projects.

Publications

Every publication gets a card with authors, venue, DOI, citation count, and one-click BibTeX export. The archive is searchable and filterable by year, type, and tag. Add and edit as many publications as you need by hand, plus a manual “merge duplicates” tool to keep your list clean.

Works with any theme

Gutenberg blocks are provided for every feature, so AcademicCrew renders correctly on any WordPress theme, page-builder or not.

No institution lock-in

Nothing is hardcoded to a specific university, department, or data source — every identifier (organization name, IRIS repository URL, and so on) is a Settings field.

AcademicCrew Pro

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• CSV & Web import — bulk-import members, courses, and projects from a CSV file, or pull a publication straight from a URL (BibTeX/JSON).

• Automatic publication sync — from ORCID, Google Scholar, an IRIS/DSpace-CRIS repository (any institution, not locked to one provider), and CrossRef for metadata enrichment, with fuzzy deduplication and automatic author/course/project cross-linking.

• Full customization — Roles & Classes (rename/recolor/add/delete member roles and project classes), Appearance (colors and fonts), archive page text, and academic year period settings.

• Avada / Fusion Builder — a native element for every shortcode.

• Elementor — a matching widget for every shortcode.

External services

AcademicCrew Pro’s automatic publication sync (a separate product — see the “AcademicCrew Pro” section above) connects to the following third-party services to import and enrich publication data. None of these connections are made by the free plugin: they only run when a site owner has entered Pro credentials/identifiers in Settings and manually enabled sync for a member.

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ORCID — used to import a member’s publication list when an ORCID iD is configured for them. org (ORCID’s public read API) when a sync runs. No account credentials are sent; no data is sent unless sync is triggered.

ORCID Terms of Use — ORCID Privacy Policy

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Google Scholar — used to import a member’s publication list and citation stats when a Google Scholar profile ID is configured for them. com when a sync runs.

Google Terms of Service — Google Privacy Policy

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SerpApi — an optional, paid alternative to the direct Google Scholar connection above, used only if a site owner enters their own SerpApi key in Settings. com instead of scraping the page directly.

SerpApi Terms of Service — SerpApi Privacy Policy

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g. filling in missing venue/abstract details) after a publication has already been found via ORCID, Google Scholar, or IRIS. org.

CrossRef Terms of Use — CrossRef Privacy Policy

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IRIS / DSpace-CRIS repository — optional and disabled until a site owner enters their own institution’s IRIS repository URL in Settings → IRIS Repository. When configured, member identifiers are sent to that admin-provided URL (any institution’s own repository, not a fixed Academiccrew-operated service) to import publication data.