List of academic preprint repositories

This is a list of preprint repositories.

Name Link Discipline(s)[lower-alpha 1] Description Size Created[lower-alpha 2] 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
APSA Preprints www Political science Early research outputs in political science and related disciplines 349 2019 American Political Science Association & Cambridge University Press
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
Beilstein Archives www Multidisciplinary Preprint server for Beilstein journals 305 2019 Beilstein Institut
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 4,230 1997–2017 University of Southampton
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, & Wiley
E-LIS www Library science Eprints in Library and Information Science 22,519 2003 E-LIS Governance & CIEPI
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 2017–2020 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
Qeios www Multidisciplinary Platform to create, instantly post and openly peer review preprints and scholarly definitions 203 2019 Qeios Ltd.
RePEc www Economics Research in economics 1997 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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
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
WikiJournal Preprints www Multidisciplinary Preprint repository of scholarly work in a mediawiki format 52 2017 WikiJournal User Group
Zenodo www Multidisciplinary Preprint repository of scholarly work 2944 2011 OpenAIRE / CERN

Notes
  1. The Discipline(s) contain only the repository's main focus, as in virtually all preprint servers there are manuscripts from many subjects.
  2. If Created is red, it means that the preprint server is no longer operating.

See also

References
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