Websites for researchers & academics
Your research deserves to be
found, read, and remembered.
Cited Design builds professional websites for professors, researchers, and academic labs — delivered in under a week, at an unbeatable price.
From zero to live in under a week
You don't need to write copy, find images, or understand how websites work. The only things we need from you are your CV, 30 minutes on a call, and a day to review the draft.
A conversation about your research, your goals, and what you want the site to do for your career. No technical knowledge required.
Share your CV and a link to your Google Scholar profile. I pull your publications, positions, and research summaries and draft the full site content, usually within 48 hours.
I share a live preview link. You give feedback, up to two revision rounds are included. Most clients approve within a day. This is the only part that meaningfully requires your time.
I point your domain and go live, then walk you through how to manage updates yourself in under five minutes. The site is yours from day one.
Transparent, no surprises
A one-time build fee. Every plan includes free hosting — there are no recurring costs unless you choose to add the optional maintenance plan.
| Tier | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Personal site For individual researchers and professors | $275 | Home, About, Research, Publications, Contact. Custom copy from your CV. Google Scholar integration. Mobile-optimised. Free hosting. 2 revision rounds. Full handover. |
| Personal + Lab One unified site for PIs with an active lab | $475 | Everything in Personal, plus the full lab section: team profiles, projects, news, and open positions. Free hosting. 2 revision rounds. Full handover. |
Four design directions
Every site is built from scratch around the individual. These are the four starting points — each suits a different kind of academic and discipline. You choose the direction; we do the rest.
Made by a researcher,
for researchers
As a PhD student who was raised by two professor parents, I've met and spoken with hundreds of academics over the years. From these interactions, I've noticed a clear trend: the people doing some of the most interesting work in the world often have the worst websites, or no website at all. Most academics do not have the time to design a good website for themselves, and most web designers don't know academia well enough to design effective and affordable sites tailored to the needs of researchers.
Cited Design offers web design expertise applied to the academic world, delivered efficiently, at a fair price.
Funding bodies and department chairs look you up. A professional site signals that you take your research communication seriously, and that carries weight in review.
Graduate students choose labs based on the PI's online presence. A clear, well-designed site draws the applicants you actually want before you've sent a single email.
Your site organises papers, preprints, and talks the way academics think about them — not like a generic portfolio or a LinkedIn page.
From first call to live site. No drawn-out agency timelines.
Every site comes with a full handover. No lock-in, no ongoing fees unless you want them. The site is yours from day one.
Interested? Let's discuss.
Book a free 30-minute call. No commitment, no pitch deck. Just a conversation about your research, your goals, and what a site built around your work could look like.
Fill in your style, color, layout, and font preferences and we'll reach out with a draft of your site within 48 hours.
Start the intake form →