List of preprint repositories
This is a list of preprint repositories.
List
Name | Discipline(s)[a] | Description | Size | Created[b] | Provider(s) |
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AAS Open Research | Multidisciplinary | At least one of the authors must be affiliated with the African Academy of Sciences | 251 | 2018 | African Academy of Sciences & F1000 Research Ltd |
AMRC Open Research | Medicine | At least one of the authors must be affiliated with AMRC member charities | 45 | 2019 | Association of Medical Research Charities & F1000 Research Ltd |
agriRxiv | Agriculture | Global preprint service for agriculture and allied sciences | 418 | 2017 | Open Access India & CAB International |
APSA Preprints | Political science | Early research outputs in political science and related disciplines | 349 | 2019 | American Political Science Association & Cambridge University Press |
mp_arc | Mathematical physics | Main focus: mathematics, physics | 9779 | 1991 (10 July)-2023 | University of Texas at Austin, Università Roma Tre, Universitat de Barcelona |
arXiv[1] | Multidisciplinary | Main focus: mathematics, physics, astronomy, computer science, quantitative biology, statistics, quantitative finance and economics | 2,250,000 (2023)[2] | 1991 (14 August) | Cornell University |
AfricArXiv[3] | Multidisciplinary | Preprint server for interdisciplinary research in Africa | 186 | 2018 | Center for Open Science |
Arabixiv | Multidisciplinary | Arabic Preprint Server | 493 | 2018 | Center for Open Science |
ARPHA Preprints | Multidisciplinary | The submission systems limited to the participating ARPHA journals | 14 | 2020 | Pensoft Publishers |
Authorea[4] | Multidisciplinary | A collaborative writing platform that can be used as preprint server | 11,334 | 2013 | Atypon |
Beilstein Archives | Multidisciplinary | Preprint server for Beilstein journals | 520 | 2019 | Beilstein Institut |
BioHackrXiv | Life Sciences | Preprint server to report on works done during BioHackathons, CodeFests, Sprints or similar events | 39[5] | 2020 | Center for Open Science |
bioRxiv[6] | Biology | Open access preprint repository for the biological sciences | 194,000 (2023)[7] | 2013 | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
BodoArXiv | Medieval Studies | Open Repository for Medieval Studies | 71 | 2019 | ScholarlyHub & Center for Open Science |
Cell Sneak Peek | Biology | Manuscript under review in Cell Press journals | 3,375 | 2018 | Elsevier |
ChemRxiv[8] | Chemistry | Open access preprint archive for chemistry | 13,865 | 2017 | American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry & German Chemical Society |
ChinaXiv | Multidisciplinary | Preprint server for interdisciplinary research in China | 14,361 | 2016 | National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
CogPrints | Multidisciplinary | Psychology, Neuroscience, Linguistics, Computer Science, Philosophy, and Biology | 4,230 | 1997–2017 | University of Southampton |
CrimRxiv | Criminology | Criminology's open archive | 187 | 2020 | University of Manchester |
Cryptology ePrint Archive | Cryptography | Open access preprint archive for cryptography | 1,590 | 1996 | International Association for Cryptologic Research |
EarthArXiv[9] | Earth science | All subdomains of Earth Science and related domains of planetary science | 3,817 | 2017 | California Digital Library |
EcoEvoRxiv | Ecology | A free preprint service for ecology, evolution and conservation | 366 | 2018 | Center for Open Science |
EconStor | Economics and Business Studies | A subject based repository with a high share of working papers (preprints) | 248,000 | 2009 | ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics |
ECSarXiv | Electrochemistry | A free preprint service for electrochemistry and solid state science and technology | 172 | 2018 | Center for Open Science |
EdArXiv | Education | A Preprint Server For The Education Research Community | 620 | 2019 | Center for Open Science |
engrXiv[10] | Engineering | Open archive of engineering preprints | 1,431 | 2016 | Open Engineering Inc |
ESSOAr | Earth science | Earth and space science preprints and conference posters | 2,526 | 2018 | American Geophysical Union, Atypon, & Wiley |
Eyexiv | Vision science | The Eye Open Repository, Preprints for ophthalmology, optometry, and vision science | 300 | 2022 | International Virtual Ophthalmic Research Center |
E-LIS | Library science | Eprints in Library and Information Science | 22,519 | 2003 | E-LIS Governance & CIEPI |
F1000 Research | Life Sciences | Preprint server with integrated option of peer review by invited experts, suggested by the authors, done openly after publication | 3,790 | 2012 | F1000 Research Ltd. |
FocUS Archive | Ultrasound research | A free preprint service for the focused ultrasound research community | 43 | 2018 | Center for Open Science |
Frenxiv | Multidisciplinary | French server for preprints. Closed. | 149 | 2018–2022 | Center for Open Science |
Gates Open Research | Multidisciplinary | A platform for rapid author-led publication and open peer review of research funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | 286 | 2017 | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
HAL[11] | Multidisciplinary | Open archive for scholarly documents from all academic fields | 842,398 | 2001 | Centre pour la communication scientifique directe |
HRB Open Research | Medicine | A preprint platform for HRB-funded researchers | 157 | 2018 | Health Research Board & F1000 Research Ltd. |
hprints | Arts and humanities | Nordic Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences Open Access repository | 274 | 2008 | French National Centre for Scientific Research & Nordbib |
INArxiv | Multidisciplinary | Preprint server for interdisciplinary research in Indonesia | 16,489 | 2017–2020[12] | Center for Open Science |
IndiaRxiv | Multidisciplinary | Preprint server for interdisciplinary research in India | 134 | 2019 | Open Access India, Center for Open Science & Society for Promotion of Horticulture |
Jxiv | Multidisciplinary | Preprint server in Japan[13] | 279 | 2022 | Japan Science and Technology Agency |
JMIR Preprints | Medicine | Preprint server by publisher JMIR Publications mainly for open review of JMIR submissions | 2200 (2018)[14] | 2009[15] | JMIR Publications |
LawArXiv | Law | Archive for legal research | 1,366 | 2017–2020 | Center for Open Science |
LISSA | Library science | Library and Information Sciences Scholarship Archive | 301 | 2018 | Center for Open Science |
LingBuzz | Linguistics | Preprint server for linguistics, covering phonology, semantics, syntax, morphology, and diachronic linguistics | 7,548 (2023) | 2004(?) | University of Tromsø |
MarXiv | Marine science | Repository for ocean and marine-climate science. Closed. | 458 | 2017–2020 | Center for Open Science |
MediArXiv | Communication sciences | Preprints for media, film, and communication research | 112 | 2019 | Center for Open Science |
medRxiv[16] | Medicine | Open access preprint archive for medicine | 42,000 (2023)[17] | 2019 | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
MetaArXiv | Multidisciplinary | Focused on improving research transparency and reproducibility | 512 (2023)[18] | 2018 | Center for Open Science |
MindRxiv | Multidisciplinary | Preprints on mind and contemplative practices | 215 | 2018 | Center for Open Science |
Nature Precedings | Multidisciplinary | Preprint repository of scholarly work in the fields of biomedical sciences, chemistry, and earth sciences | 3,423 | 2007–2012 | Nature Publishing Group |
NutriXiv | Nutritional sciences | Preprint service for the nutritional sciences | 81 | 2018 | Center for Open Science |
Optimization Online | Mathematics | Eprint repository for optimization topics | 8974 | 2000 | Mathematical Optimization Society & Wisconsin institute |
OSF Preprints | Multidisciplinary | Aggregates over 30 preprint servers (all from COS plus other like arXiv, bioRxiv, etc.). Number of native OSF Preprints documents: 25,114. | 2,289,894 | 2017 | Center for Open Science |
PaleorXiv[19] | Paleontology | Preprint server for paleontology | 174 | 2017 | Center for Open Science |
PeerJ PrePrints[20] | Biology, medicine | Initially, developed as preprint server for PeerJ submissions. Closed Sep 30th 2019. | 5,086 | 2013–2019 | O'Reilly Media & SAGE Publishing |
PhilArchive | Philosophy | A preprint archive for philosophy affiliated with PhilPapers | 74,280 | 2009 | PhilPapers Foundation |
PhilSci-Archive | Philosophy of science | An archive for preprints in philosophy of science | 8,636 | 2001 | D-Scribe Digital Publishing |
Preprints with The Lancet | Medicine | Preprints available via SSRN | 7,238 | 2018 | Elsevier |
Preprints.org | Multidisciplinary | Preprint server for interdisciplinary research governed by MDPI | 36,623 (2023)[21] | 2016 | MDPI |
Preprints.ru | Multidisciplinary | Preprint server for interdisciplinary research in Russia | 228 | 2019 | NEICON |
PsyArXiv[22] | Psychology | Open access preprint archive for psychology | 29,166 (2023)[23] | 2016 | Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science |
Qeios[24] | Multidisciplinary | Open access, open peer review scientific publishing platform | 858 | 2019 | Qeios |
RePEc | Economics | Research in economics | 3,400,000 | 1997 | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
Research Square | Multidisciplinary | Preprint server plus editing (commercial) | 223,000 (2023)[25] | 2018 | Research Square R&D LLC |
Rutgers Optimality Archive | Linguistics | A distribution point for research in Optimality Theory and its conceptual affiliates | 1250 | 1993 | School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University |
SciELO Preprints | Multidisciplinary | Interdisciplinary research for Latin America, Iberian Peninsula, South Africa | 13,713 | 2020 | SciELO |
ScienceOpen | Multidisciplinary | A research and discovery network allowing scholars with at least 5 publications to freely review preprints. | 2,200,000 | 2013 | ScienceOpen |
SocArXiv | Social science | Open archive of the social sciences | 12,880 (2023)[26] | 2016 | Center for Open Science |
SportRxiv | Sports science | Repository dedicated to sport and exercise related research | 279 | 2017 | Center for Open Science |
SSRN (First Look) | Multidisciplinary | Aggregates over 30 preprint servers (Preprints with The Lancet, Cell Sneak Peek, etc.). More than 55 disciplines. Initially funded by SSRN in 1994, bought in 2016 by Elsevier. | 950,733 | 1994 | Elsevier |
TechRxiv | Engineering | Preprints in Technology Research | 1,043 | 2020 | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
ViXra[27] | Multidisciplinary | Mainly physics and mathematics, but also other. An alternative to arXiv. Well-known for also having many unorthodox papers and also fringe science. | 37,113 | 2009 | Scientific God Inc. |
Wellcome Open Research | Multidisciplinary | At least one of the authors must be a Wellcome researcher | 820 | 2017 | Wellcome Trust |
WikiJournal Preprints | Multidisciplinary | Preprint repository of scholarly work in a MediaWiki format | 52 | 2017 | WikiJournal User Group |
Zenodo | Multidisciplinary | Preprint repository of scholarly work | 792,588 | 2011 | OpenAIRE / CERN |
Synthical[28] | Multidisciplinary | Open access preprint repository for computer science, mathematics, economics, physics, cryptography, biology, and chemistry | 3,000,000[29] | 2023 | Synthical |
See also
Explanatory notes
References
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- ^ INArxiv, (OSF). "INArxiv". Retrieved 2023-08-31.
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- ^ Lin, Jennifer. "Preprints growth rate ten times higher than journal articles". Crossref.
- ^ Eysenbach, Gunther (2015). "Peer-Review 2.0: Welcome to JMIR Preprints, an Open Peer-Review Marketplace for Scholarly Manuscripts". JMIR Preprints. 1 (1). JMIR Publications: e1.
- ^ Kaiser, Jocelyn (2019-06-05). "Medical preprint server debuts". Science. doi:10.1126/science.aay2933. ISSN 0036-8075. S2CID 241980128.
- ^ "Search Results | medRxiv". www.medrxiv.org. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- ^ "MetaArXiv". osf.io. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ^ protohedgehog (2017-08-29). "paleorXiv is a free publishing platform for Paleontology". Green Tea and Velociraptors. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "PeerJ Preprints to stop accepting new preprints Sep 30th 2019 – PeerJ Blog". peerj.com. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "Preprints.org - The Multidisciplinary Preprint Platform". www.preprints.org. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ Rife, Sean (2016-09-19). "Introducing PsyArXiv: a preprint service for psychological science". PsyArXiv Blog. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "PsyArXiv". psyarxiv.com. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ Coy, Peter (2022-01-28). "Opinion | How to Disseminate Science Quickly". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
- ^ "Browse Articles". www.researchsquare.com. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- ^ "Socarxiv". osf.io. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ^ "What's arXiv spelled backwards? A new place to publish : News blog". blogs.nature.com. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ "AI Tools Recommendations, Week 20".
- ^ "Synthical: Science, Simplified".
External links
- ASAPBio's list of preprint servers