List of preprint repositories
This is a list of preprint repositories.
The Discipline(s) contain only the repository's main focus, as in virtually all preprint servers there are manuscripts from many subjects.
If Created is red, it means that the preprint server is no longer operating.
| Name | Link | Discipline(s) | Description | Size | Created | Provider(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAS Open Research | www | 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 | www | 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 | www | Agriculture | Global preprint service for agriculture and allied sciences | 418 | 2017 | Open Access India & CAB International |
| arXiv[1] | www | Multidisciplinary | Main focus: mathematics, physics, astronomy, computer science, quantitative biology, statistics, and quantitative finance | 1,813,585 | 1991 | Cornell University |
| AfricArXiv[2] | www | Multidisciplinary | Preprint server for interdisciplinary research in Africa | 186 | 2018 | Center for Open Science |
| Arabixiv | www | Multidisciplinary | Arabic Preprint Server | 493 | 2018 | Center for Open Science |
| ARPHA Preprints | www | Multidisciplinary | The submission systems limited to the participating ARPHA journals | 14 | 2020 | Pensoft Publishers |
| Authorea[3] | www | Multidisciplinary | A collaborative writing platform that can be used as preprint server | 11,334 | 2013 | Atypon |
| BioHackrXiv | www | Life Sciences | Preprint server to report on works done during BioHackathons, CodeFests, Sprints or similar events | 8 | 2020 | Center for Open Science |
| bioRxiv[4] | www | Biology | Open access preprint repository for the biological sciences | 106,783 | 2013 | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
| BodoArXiv | www | Medieval Studies | Open Repository for Medieval Studies | 71 | 2019 | ScholarlyHub & Center for Open Science |
| Cell Sneak Peek | www | Biology | Manuscript under review in Cell Press journals | 3,375 | 2018 | Elsevier |
| ChemRxiv[5] | www | Chemistry | Open access preprint archive for chemistry | 13,865 | 2017 | American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry & German Chemical Society |
| ChinaXiv | www | Multidisciplinary | Preprint server for interdisciplinary research in China | 14,361 | 2016 | National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Cogprints | www | Multidisciplinary | Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics,Computer Science, Philosophy, Biology | |||
| Cryptology ePrint Archive | www | Cryptography | Open access preprint archive for cryptography | 1,590 | 1996 | International Association for Cryptologic Research |
| EarthArXiv[6] | www | Earth science | All subdomains of Earth Science and related domains of planetary science | 1,862 | 2017 | California Digital Library |
| EcoEvoRxiv | www | Ecology | A free preprint service for ecology, evolution and conservation | 366 | 2018 | Center for Open Science |
| ECSarXiv | www | Electrochemistry | a free preprint service for electrochemistry and solid state science and technology | 172 | 2018 | Center for Open Science |
| EdArXiv | www | Education | A Preprint Server For The Education Research Community | 620 | 2019 | Center for Open Science |
| engrXiv[7] | www | Engineering | Open archive of engineering preprints | 1,431 | 2016 | Open Engineering Inc |
| ESSOAr | www | Earth science | Earth and space science preprints and conference posters | 2,526 | 2018 | American Geophysical Union, Atypon, and Wiley |
| F1000 Research | www | 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 | www | Ultrasound research | A free preprint service for the focused ultrasound research community | 43 | 2018 | Center for Open Science |
| Frenxiv | www | Multidisciplinary | French server for preprints | 149 | 2018 | Center for Open Science |
| Gates Open Research | www | 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[8] | www | Multidisciplinary | Open archive for scholarly documents from all academic fields | 789,469 | 2001 | Centre pour la communication scientifique directe |
| HRB Open Research | www | Medicine | A preprint platform for HRB-funded researchers | 157 | 2018 | Health Research Board & F1000 Research Ltd. |
| hprints | www | Arts and humanities | Nordic Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences Open Access repository | 274 | 2008 | French National Centre for Scientific Research & Nordbib |
| INArxiv | www | Multidisciplinary | Preprint server for interdisciplinary research in Indonesia | 16,489 | 2017–2020 | Center for Open Science |
| IndiaRxiv | www | Multidisciplinary | Preprint server for interdisciplinary research in India | 134 | 2019 | Center for Open Science |
| JMIR Preprints | www | Medicine | Preprint server for JMIR journal | 58 | 2020 | JMIR Publications Inc. |
| LawArXiv | www | Law | Archive for legal research | 1,366 | 2017 | Center for Open Science |
| LISSA | www | Library science | Library and Information Sciences Schloarship Archive | 301 | 2018 | Center for Open Science |
| MarXiv | www | Marine science | Repository for ocean and marine-climate science. Closed. | 458 | 2017–2020 | Center for Open Science |
| MediArXiv | www | Communication sciences | Preprints for media, film, and communication research | 112 | 2019 | Center for Open Science |
| medRxiv[9] | www | Medicine | Open access preprint archive for medicine | 14,831 | 2019 | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
| MetaArXiv | www | Multidisciplinary | Focused on improving research transparency and reproducibility | 200 | 2018 | Center for Open Science |
| MindRxiv | www | Multidisciplinary | Preprints on mind and contemplative practices | 215 | 2018 | Center for Open Science |
| Nature Precedings | www | Multidisciplinary | Preprint repository of scholarly work in the fields of biomedical sciences, chemistry, and earth sciences | 3,423 | 2007–2012 | Nature Publishing Group |
| NutriXiv | www | Nutritional sciences | Preprint service for the nutritional sciences | 81 | 2018 | Center for Open Science |
| OSF Preprints | www | Multidisciplinary | Aggregates over 30 preprint servers (all from COP plus other like arXiv, bioRxiv, etc.). Number of native OSF Preprints documents: 25,114. | 2,289,894 | 2017 | Center for Open Science |
| PaleorXiv[10] | www | Paleontology | Preprint server for paleontology | 174 | 2017 | Center for Open Science |
| PeerJ PrePrints[11] | www | Biology, medicine | Initially, developed as preprint server for PeerJ submissions. Closed Sep 30th 2019. | 5,086 | 2013–2019 | O'Reilly Media & SAGE Publishing |
| PhilSci-Archive | www | Philosophy of science | An archive for preprints in philosophy of science | 8,636 | 2001 | D-Scribe Digital Publishing |
| Preprints with The Lancet | www | Medicine | Preprints available via SSRN | 7,238 | 2018 | Elsevier |
| Preprints.org | www | Multidisciplinary | Preprint server for interdisciplinary research governed by MDPI | 18,614 | 2016 | MDPI |
| Preprints.ru | www | Multidisciplinary | Preprint server for interdisciplinary research in Russia | 115 | 2019 | NEICON |
| PsyArXiv[12] | www | Psychology | Open access preprint archive for psychology | 13,211 | 2016 | Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science |
| Research Square | www | Multidisciplinary | Preprint server plus editing (commercial) | 56,354 | 2018 | Research Square R&D LLC |
| SciELO Preprints | www | Multidisciplinary | Interdisciplinary research for Latin America, Iberian Peninsula, South Africa | 13,713 | 2020 | SciELO |
| SocArXiv | www | Social science | Open archive of the social sciences | 6879 | 2016 | Center for Open Science |
| SportRxiv | www | Sports science | Repository dedicated to sport and exercise related research | 279 | 2017 | Center for Open Science |
| SSRN (First Look) | www | 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 | www | Engineering | Preprints in Technology Research | 1,043 | 2020 | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| Thesis Commons | www | Multidisciplinary | An open archive of theses | 956 | 2015 | Center for Open Science |
| ViXra[13] | www | Multidisciplinary | Mainly physics and mathematics, but also other. An alternative to arXiv. Well-known for specializing in unorthodox and fringe science. | 36,342 | 2009 | Scientific God Inc. |
| Wellcome Open Research | www | Multidisciplinary | At least one of the authors must be Wellcome researcher | 820 | 2017 | Wellcome Trust |
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