List of preprint repositories

This is a list of preprint repositories.

List

Name	Discipline(s)[lower-alpha 1]	Description	Size	Created[lower-alpha 2]	Provider(s)
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

• List of academic journals by preprint policy
• List of copyright policies of academic publishers

Explanatory 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.

References

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20. "PeerJ Preprints to stop accepting new preprints Sep 30th 2019 – PeerJ Blog". peerj.com. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
21. "Preprints.org - The Multidisciplinary Preprint Platform". www.preprints.org. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
22. Rife, Sean (2016-09-19). "Introducing PsyArXiv: a preprint service for psychological science". PsyArXiv Blog. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
23. "PsyArXiv". psyarxiv.com. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
24. Coy, Peter (2022-01-28). "Opinion | How to Disseminate Science Quickly". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
25. "Browse Articles". www.researchsquare.com. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
26. "Socarxiv". osf.io. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
27. "What's arXiv spelled backwards? A new place to publish : News blog". blogs.nature.com. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
28. "AI Tools Recommendations, Week 20".
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External links

• ASAPBio's list of preprint servers