nap.edu

Trusted High Traffic Tranco #8,334

nap.edu operates primarily as a content publishing platform, focusing on academic publishing. The National Academies Press (NAP) is the publisher for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. It publishes over 200 books and reports annually, making them freely available online to advance science, engineering, and medicine. It is operated by National Academies Press (NAP), a subsidiary of National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Industry Category

Content Publishing

Platforms for creating and publishing written content.

Related Topics

academic publishingscienceengineeringmedicineresearcheducationreportsbooks

Well Established

nap.edu is a well-established platform operated by National Academies Press (NAP). Top 100,000 global website, 30 years old. Standard web safety practices apply.

Top 100,000 global website30 years old

Security Considerations

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Document Hosting

nap.edu hosts documents and pages shared via links. Because the domain is trusted, links pass through email spam filters easily. Attackers exploit this to host fake invoices, login pages, or malware download prompts.

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  "domain": "nap.edu",
  "confidence": "high",
  "category": {
    "purpose": "content_publishing",
    "specialization": "Academic Publishing"
  },
  "identity": {
    "headline": "Publisher for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine",
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    "operator": "National Academies Press (NAP)",
    "parent_entity": "National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine",
    "topics": [
      "academic publishing",
      "science",
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      "research",
      "education",
      "reports",
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    ]
  },
  "functions": {
    "is_ugc_platform": false,
    "is_file_host": false,
    "is_url_shortener": false,
    "is_public_idp": false,
    "is_crypto_platform": false,
    "allows_user_subdomains": false,
    "is_form_builder": false,
    "is_document_host": true
  },
  "facts": {
    "registered_date": "1995-12-11T00:00:00Z",
    "rank": 8334,
    "hosting_provider": "NAS-AS"
  }
}

Hosting

NAS-AS

Registered

Dec 11, 1995

Last Updated

Jan 8, 2026

Domain data sourced from WHOIS, Tranco rankings, and URLert's classification engine.