viXra

viXra is an electronic e-print archive specializing in unorthodox and fringe science.[1] It was set up by independent physicist Philip Gibbs as an alternative to the dominant arXiv service operated by Cornell University. Its name comes from arXiv spelled backwards.[2][3]

viXra
Type of site
E-print archive
Available inEnglish
OwnerScientific God Inc.
Founder(s)Phillip Gibbs
URLviXra.org
CommercialNo
Launched2009
Current statusOnline

Description

Although dominated by physics and mathematics submissions, viXra aims to cover topics across the whole scientific community. It accepts submissions without requiring authors to have an academic affiliation and without any threshold for quality.[2] The e-prints on viXra are grouped into seven broad categories: physics, mathematics, computational science, biology, chemistry, humanities, and other areas.[4] Anyone may post anything on viXra, though house rules do prohibit “vulgar, libellous, plagiaristic or dangerously misleading” content.[5] As a result, the site has a reputation among physicists for hosting "material of no interest".[6] Physicist Gerard 't Hooft writes, "When a paper is published in viXra, it is usually a sign that it is not likely to contain acceptable results. It may, but the odds against that are considerable".[7]

Gibbs originally started the archive to cater to researchers who believed that their preprints had been unfairly rejected or reclassified by the arXiv moderators.[8] As of 2013, it had over 4000 preprints,[9] and in Dec 2020, the number had grown to 36,321.[10]

See also
  • List of academic preprint servers

References
  1. Collins, Harry; Bartlett, Andrew; Reyes-Galindo, Luis (July–August 2017). "Demarcating fringe science for policy". Perspectives on Science. 25 (4): 411–438.
  2. "What’s arXiv spelled backwards? A new place to publish". Nature News Blog. 16 July 2009.
  3. Delfanti, Alessandro (2020). "Chapter 20, Fake archives: The search for openness in scholarly communication platforms". In Biagioli, Mario; Lippman, Alexandra (eds.). Gaming the Metrics: Misconduct and Manipulation in Academic Research. MIT Press. pp. 261–269. ISBN 9780262537933.
  4. "ViXra.org open e-print archive". viXra.org. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  5. Becker, Kate (2016-10-27). "What Counts as Science?". Nautilus. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  6. Reyes-Galindo, Luis (2016-04-29). "Automating the Horae: Boundary-work in the age of computers" (PDF). Social Studies of Science. 46 (4): 586–606. arXiv:1603.03824. Bibcode:2016arXiv160303824R. doi:10.1177/0306312716642317. PMID 28948871.
  7. 't Hooft, Gerard (2017-11-15). "The importance of recognising fringe science" (PDF). Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  8. Cartwright, Jon (15 July 2009). "Fledgling site challenges arXiv server". Physics World. 22 (8): 9. Bibcode:2009PhyW...22h...9C. doi:10.1088/2058-7058/22/08/14. Archived from the original on 6 November 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  9. Gibbs, Philip E. (2013). "A Good Year for viXra". Prespacetime Journal. 4 (1): 87–90..
  10. Official site (front page)


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