Preprint server,URL,Platform description,Disciplinary scope,Launch date,Ownership,Ownership type,For-profit or not-for-profit,Sustainability of the service,"Platform technology, openness of source code",Advisory board (and researcher representation),Content language(s) accepted,Content types accepted,Permitted submission formats,Machine-readable full-text content,Unique identifier type and versioning approach,Versioning policy,Commitment to FAIR principles,Clear statement that content is not peer-reviewed on record page,Clear statement that content is not peer-reviewed on general server pages,Licensing options,Screening processes,Required author declarations,Optional author declarations,Other screening checks,When screening occurs,Screening conducted by,Time from submission to posting,Processing charges,Reader registration,Metadata availability,Metadata contents,External content indexing,Permanence of content,Reasons for removal (deletion of full text),Web presence of removed content,"Withdrawal (content not removed, but flagged) option",Mechanisms to report concerns about posted content,Journal submission options,Journals directly associated with the platform,Journals to which submission is facilitated,Link to published version,Preservation of content,Usage metrics on abstract page,Commenting,Commenting moderation,Other features,Last directory update
AfricArxiv,https://info.africarxiv.org/,"""...is a free, open source and community-led digital archive for African research""",All scientific fields,2018-06,Small group of enthusiasts,Academic community group; charity,Non-profit,Community operators pay a fee based on usage and COS subsidizes the other portion through fundraised support,"Open Science Framework, open source",Yes (includes researchers),"Afrikaans, Akan, English, French, Igbo, Swahili, Zulu, other unspecified native African languages – summary must be provided in English and French, non-English languages held in moderation queue awaiting verification",Any scholarly content,"PDF, Word doc, other text formats",No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,"Yes, endorses, stated on website",No,Yes,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) 3.0, BSD 3-Clause ""New""/""Revised"" License, BSD 2-Clause ""Simplified"" License, GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) 2.1, CC BY Attribution 4.0 International, Artistic License 2.0, CC0 1.0 Universal, Apache License 2.0, Mozilla Public License 2.0, Academic Free License (AFL) 3.0, Eclipse Public License 1.0, MIT License, GNU General Public License (GPL) 3.0, GNU General Public License (GPL) 2.0","Akismet spam filtering (automatic on all OSF content), Content within scope ","Conflict of Interest, Data, code availability, Preregistration availability, All authors consent to posting",Unknown,https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pZ2kxbTSpjrMWHfhI851rBjsUimArE_UD8aMy5KiUqk/edit#heading=h.7j4b06jfbue8,Before posting,,A few days,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), Author affiliation(s), License type(s), Subject category","Google Scholar, SHARE, Microsoft Academic, Unpaywall",Permanent with withdrawal option and some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,At author's request with moderator approval,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,Hypothesis,Unknown,Onsite search,1/23/2020
AgriRxiv,www.agrirxiv.org,"""Preprints for Agriculture and Allied Sciences""","Relating to agriculture and allied sciences, including life sciences, social and behavioural sciences",Unknown,"Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International, in collaboration with Open Access India and others",Academic community group,Non-profit,Supported by CABI,CABI software,Yes (includes researchers),"Any language (including Arabic, English, French, Indonesian)","Research manuscripts, case studies, and systematic reviews",PDF,No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,Yes,Yes,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC0 1.0 Universal, CC BY Attribution 4.0 International","Content within scope, Manuscript is complete (methods, references), Text overlap detection","Competing interests, All authors consent to posting, Article is a preprint (not a postprint)",NA,,Before posting,"Staff, volunteers",Up to 48 hours,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Available for free upon request,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), License type(s), Subject category","Google Scholar, Crossref, Researcher-app",Permanent with some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,No,Email support,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Automated,CABI,Downloads and other analytics,Commenting,Moderated after posting,Onsite search,9/8/2020
Arabixiv,https://arabixiv.org/,"""The Arabic Preprint Server""",All scientific fields,2018-01,Small group of enthusiasts,Academic community group,Non-profit,Community operators pay a fee based on usage and COS subsidizes the other portion through fundraised support,"Open Science Framework, open source",Yes (unknown if researchers are included),"Arabic, English",Any scholarly content,PDF,No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,No,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: No license, GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) 3.0, BSD 3-Clause ""New""/""Revised"" License, BSD 2-Clause ""Simplified"" License, GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) 2.1, CC BY Attribution 4.0 International, Artistic License 2.0, CC0 1.0 Universal, Apache License 2.0, Mozilla Public License 2.0, Academic Free License (AFL) 3.0, Eclipse Public License 1.0, MIT License, GNU General Public License (GPL) 3.0, GNU General Public License (GPL) 2.0","Akismet spam filtering (automatic on all OSF content), Content within scope ","Conflict of Interest, Data, code availability, Preregistration availability, All authors consent to posting",Unknown,,Before posting,Unknown,Up to 48 hours,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), License type(s), Subject category","Google Scholar, SHARE, Microsoft Academic, Unpaywall",Permanent with withdrawal option and some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,At author's request with moderator approval,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS; Readers encouraged to post concerns publicly as new article,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,Hypothesis,Unknown,Onsite search,1/23/2020
EcoEvoRxiv,https://ecoevorxiv.org/,"""A free preprint service for ecology, evolution and conservation""","Subject-specific, including ecology, evolution and conservation",2018-11,Transparency in Ecology and Evolution,Academic community group,Non-profit,Community operators pay a fee based on usage and COS subsidizes the other portion through fundraised support,"Open Science Framework, open source",Yes (includes researchers),English,"All article types, datasets (primary and secondary research)",PDF,No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,Yes,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC BY Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International, CC BY Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International, CC BY Attribution 4.0 International, CC0 1.0 Universal, CC BY Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International, CC BY Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International","Text overlap detection, Misconduct or integrity checks, Legal compliance, Ethical compliance","Competing interests, Funder acknowledgement, Conflict of Interest, Data, code availability, Preregistration availability, All authors consent to posting",Unknown,,Before posting,Unknown,Up to 48 hours,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, License type(s), Subject category","Google Scholar, SHARE, Microsoft Academic, Unpaywall",Permanent with withdrawal option and some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,At author's request with moderator approval,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,None,Unknown,Onsite search,1/23/2020
FocUS Archive,https://osf.io/preprints/focusarchive,"""A free preprint service for the focused ultrasound research community""","Relating to ultrasound, including life sciences, medicine and health sciences",2017-08,Focused Ultrasound Foundation,Funding organisation (funder); Medical research organisation,Non-profit,Supported by the Focused Ultrasound Foundation,"Open Science Framework, open source",Yes (includes researchers),Unknown,Unknown,Any format supported by OSF platform,No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,No,Authors must use CC BY Attribution 4.0 International license,"Akismet spam filtering (automatic on all OSF content), Content within scope ","""Conflict of Interest, Data, code availability, Preregistration availability, All authors consent to posting""",Unknown,,Before posting,Unknown,Unknown,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), License type(s), Subject category","Google Scholar, SHARE, Microsoft Academic, Unpaywall",Permanent with withdrawal option and some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,At author's request with moderator approval,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,None,Unknown,Onsite search,1/23/2020
Frenxiv,https://frenxiv.org/,"""The French server for Preprints in all the scientific fields""",All scientific fields,2018-01,Small group of enthusiasts,Individual or community,Non-profit,Community operators pay a fee based on usage and COS subsidizes the other portion through fundraised support,"Open Science Framework, open source",Yes (includes researchers),"Any language (including Arabic, English, French, Indonesian)","All article types, datasets, posters (primary and secondary research) ","PDF, Word doc, LaTeX",No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,No,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) 3.0, BSD 3-Clause ""New""/""Revised"" License, BSD 2-Clause ""Simplified"" License, GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) 2.1, CC BY Attribution 4.0 International, Artistic License 2.0, CC0 1.0 Universal, Apache License 2.0, Mozilla Public License 2.0, Academic Free License (AFL) 3.0, Eclipse Public License 1.0, MIT License, GNU General Public License (GPL) 3.0, GNU General Public License (GPL) 2.0, No license","Akismet spam filtering (automatic on all OSF content), Content within scope ","Competing interests, Funder acknowledgement, Conflict of Interest, Data, code availability, Preregistration availability, All authors consent to posting",Unknown,,Before posting,Unknown,A few days,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), License type(s), Subject category","Google Scholar, SHARE, Microsoft Academic, Unpaywall",Permanent with withdrawal option and some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,At author's request with moderator approval,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,Hypothesis,Unknown,Onsite search,1/23/2020
RIN arxiv (formerly INArxiv),https://rinarxiv.lipi.go.id,"“A preprint server for Indonesian academia to provide an open, free and sustainable scientific repository”",All scientific fields,5/21/2020,Indonesia open science team,Academic community group,Non-profit,Completely free: supported by volunteers and hosted by gov't institution. We use Open Preprint System platform.,"Open Science Framework, open source",Yes (includes researchers),"English, Indonesian","Accept: Preprints, postprints, essay, datasets. Not accepting: books, multimedia files, thesis.","PDF, Word doc, LaTeX, MarkDown",No (planned in development roadmap),"persistent link (non DOI), support versioning with single link",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,Yes,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) 3.0, BSD 3-Clause ""New""/""Revised"" License, BSD 2-Clause ""Simplified"" License, GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) 2.1, CC BY Attribution 4.0 International, Artistic License 2.0, CC0 1.0 Universal, Apache License 2.0, Mozilla Public License 2.0, Academic Free License (AFL) 3.0, Eclipse Public License 1.0, MIT License, GNU General Public License (GPL) 3.0, GNU General Public License (GPL) 2.0, No license, with CC BY preferred","Doc type, data availability",Yes,Unknown,,After submission (pre moderation),Admins,Up to three daya,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), License type(s), Subject category","Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic",Permanent with some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,Unknown,Email administrator,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,In future development,Downloads,Will add Hypothes.is plug in in the future,By admin,Onsite search,10/26/2020
MarXiv,https://zenodo.org/communities/marxiv?page=1&size=20,"""The free research repository for the ocean and marine-climate sciences""","Relating to ocean and marine climate sciences, including life sciences, social and behavioural sciences",Unknown,Open Communications for the Ocean (OCTO group),Publishing organisation (publisher),For-profit,"COS receive external financial support (e.g. grant, individual); service moving to another host","Open Science Framework, open source",Yes (includes researchers),Unknown,Any scholarly content,"PDF, LaTeX",No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,Yes,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, No License, GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) 3.0, Eclipse Public License 1.0,  CC BY-SA, with CC BY preferred ","Text overlap detection, Misconduct or integrity checks, Legal compliance, Ethical compliance",Unknown,Unknown,,Unknown,Unknown,Up to 48 hours,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), License type(s), Subject category","Google Scholar, SHARE, Microsoft Academic, Unpaywall, Altmetric, OpenChannels.org",Permanent with some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,Unknown,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,Commenting (including annotation plug-ins),Unknown,Onsite search,1/23/2020
MetaArXiv,https://osf.io/preprints/metaarxiv/,"""An interdisciplinary archive of articles focused on improving research transparency and reproducibility"" (""MetaArXiv was originally called ""BITSS Preprints"" but rebranded to signal it was not just for BITSS-affiliated authors."" Source: direct from server.)",Relating to meta-science,2017-03,"The Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS), Centre for Effective Global Action, University of California, Berkeley",Academic institution,Non-profit,Community operators pay a fee based on usage and COS subsidizes the other portion through fundraised support,"Open Science Framework, open source",Yes (includes researchers),English,"Multiple types (including manuscripts, theses, conference proceedings, tutorials)","PDF, Word doc, WordPerfect, LaTeX",No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,No,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC0 1.0 Universal, CC BY Attribution 4.0 International","Akismet spam filtering (automatic on all OSF content), Content within scope ","Conflict of Interest, Data, code availability, Preregistration availability, All authors consent to posting",Unknown,,After posting,Unknown,Unknown,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), License type(s), Subject category","Google Scholar, SHARE, Microsoft Academic, Unpaywall",Permanent with withdrawal option and some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,At author's request with moderator approval,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS; Community moderation via commenting,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,Hypothesis,Unknown,Onsite search,1/23/2020
MindRxiv,https://mindrxiv.org/,"""Open archive for research on mind and contemplative practices""","Relating to mind and contemplative practices, including medicine and health sciences, neuroscience and neurobiology, psychology, social and behavioural sciences   ",2017-07,Mind & Life Institute,Academic institution,Non-profit,Community operators pay a fee based on usage and COS subsidizes the other portion through fundraised support,"Open Science Framework, open source",Yes (includes researchers),English,Research manuscripts only,Any format supported by OSF platform (PDF preferred),No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,Yes,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC0, CC BY, no license required; with CC0 preferred ","Akismet spam filtering (automatic on all OSF content), Content within scope ","Conflict of Interest, Data, code availability, Preregistration availability, All authors consent to posting",Unknown,,Before posting,Unknown,Same day,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), License type(s), Subject category","Google Scholar, SHARE, Microsoft Academic, Unpaywall",Permanent with withdrawal option and some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,At author's request with moderator approval,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,Hypothesis,Unknown,Onsite search,1/23/2020
NutriXiv,https://osf.io/preprints/nutrixiv,"""A free preprint service for the nutritional sciences""",Relating to nutritional sciences,2017-08,Small group of enthusiasts,Academic Institution,Non-profit,Community operators pay a fee based on usage and COS subsidizes the other portion through fundraised support,"Open Science Framework, open source",Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Any format supported by OSF platform,No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,No,Authors must use CC0 license ,"Akismet spam filtering (automatic on all OSF content), Content within scope ","Conflict of Interest, Data, code availability, Preregistration availability, All authors consent to posting",Unknown,,After posting,Unknown,Unknown,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract","Google Scholar, SHARE, Microsoft Academic, Unpaywall",Permanent with withdrawal option and some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,At author's request with moderator approval,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,Hypothesis,Unknown,Onsite search,1/23/2020
OSF Preprints,https://osf.io/preprints/,"""OSF Preprints is a preprints discovery site, where you can search not only the preprints in all subjects hosted at OSF Preprints, but also preprints on partner sites such as arXiv, engrXiv, PsyArXiv and SocArXiv""",All scientific fields,2016-08,Center for Open Science,Charity,Non-profit,"COS receive external financial support (e.g. grant, individual)","Open Science Framework, open source",Yes (includes researchers),Any language,"Multiple types (including research articles, posters, new data)","PDF, Word doc",No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,Yes,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC0, CC BY, No license, with no preference for which license chosen","Akismet spam filtering (automatic on all OSF content), No moderation","Conflict of Interest, Data, code availability, Preregistration availability, All authors consent to posting",Unknown,,When alerted to concern,Unknown,Unknown,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), License type(s), Subject category","Google Scholar, SHARE, Microsoft Academic, Unpaywall",Permanent with withdrawal option and some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,Only in legal or extraneous circumstances,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,Hypothesis,Unknown,Onsite search,1/23/2020
PaleorXiv,https://paleorxiv.org/,"""...is a free, open source and community-led digital archive for Paleontology research""",Relating to paleontology and paleobiology,2017-08,Small group of enthusiasts,Academic community group,Non-profit,Community operators pay a fee based on usage and COS subsidizes the other portion through fundraised support,"Open Science Framework, open source",Yes (includes researchers),Any language – non-English languages held in moderation queue awaiting verification,"Multiple article types (including systematic reviews, data papers, methods papers)","PDF, LaTeX, text",No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,Yes,Authors must use CC BY license ,"Content within scope, Text overlap detection, Akismet spam filtering (automatic on all OSF content), ","Conflict of Interest, Data, code availability, Preregistration availability, All authors consent to posting",Unknown,,Before posting,Unknown,A few days,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), License type(s), Subject category","Google Scholar, SHARE, Microsoft Academic, Unpaywall",Permanent with withdrawal option and some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,At author's request with moderator approval,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,Hypothesis,Unknown,Onsite search,1/23/2020
PsyArXiv,https://psyarxiv.com/,"""...is designed to facilitate rapid dissemination of psychological research""",Relating to psychology and psychological sciences,2016-08,Society for the Improvement in Psychology Science (SIPS),Scientific society,Non-profit,Community operators pay a fee based on usage and COS subsidizes the other portion through fundraised support,"Open Science Framework, open source",Yes (includes researchers),Unknown,Any scholarly content,"PDF, Word doc",No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,Yes,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC0, CC BY, no license, with no preference stated","Text overlap detection, Legal compliance, Ethical compliance, Akismet spam filtering (automatic on all OSF content), Content within scope ","Conflict of Interest, Data, code availability, Preregistration availability, All authors consent to posting",Unknown,,After posting,Unknown,A few days,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), License type(s), Subject category","Google Scholar, SHARE, Microsoft Academic, Unpaywall",Permanent with withdrawal option and some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,At author's request with moderator approval,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,"APA: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, Law and Human Behavior, Psychological Methods, the Asian American Journal of Psychology, Psychology and Neuroscience, Psychology of Popular Media Culture, and the Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology., ","APA: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, Law and Human Behavior, Psychological Methods, the Asian American Journal of Psychology, Psychology and Neuroscience, Psychology of Popular Media Culture, and the Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology., ",Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,Hypothesis,Unknown,Onsite search,1/23/2020
SocArxiv,https://socopen.org/,"""...open archive of the social sciences""",Relating to social sciences including social and behavioural sciences,2016-08,"SocArXiv, University of Maryland, College Park (UMD)",Academic institution,Non-profit,Community operators pay a fee based on usage and COS subsidizes the other portion through fundraised support,"Open Science Framework, open source",Yes (includes researchers),Unknown,Research manuscripts only,Any format supported by OSF platform,No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,Yes,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC0, CC BY, no license, with CC0 or CC BY preferred","Akismet spam filtering (automatic on all OSF content), Content within scope ","Conflict of Interest, Data, code availability, Preregistration availability, All authors consent to posting",Unknown,,Before posting,Unknown,Unknown,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), License type(s), Subject category","Google Scholar, SHARE, Microsoft Academic, Unpaywall",Permanent with withdrawal option and some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,Only in legal or extraneous circumstances,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,Hypothesis,Unknown,"Onsite search, Alerts (e.g. RSS feeds, email alerts)",1/23/2020
SportrXiv,https://osf.io/preprints/sportrxiv,"""...is the first community-led and open access subject repository dedicated to sport, exercise, performance, and health research""","Relating to sports and exercise science, including rehabilitation and therapy, theatre, dance, physiology, physiotherapy, psychology, sociology",2017-08,"Society for Transparency, Openness, and Replication in Kinesiology (STORK)",Scientific society,Non-profit,Community operators pay a fee based on usage and COS subsidizes the other portion through fundraised support,"Open Science Framework, open source",Yes (includes researchers),Any language – non-English languages held in moderation queue awaiting verification,"All article types (including research manuscripts, commentaries, review articles, current opinions, case studies, technical reports, short communications)",PDF,No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,Yes,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC0, CC BY, with CC BY preferred","Akismet spam filtering (automatic on all OSF content), Content within scope ","Conflict of Interest, Data, code availability, Preregistration availability, All authors consent to posting",Unknown,,Before posting,Unknown,A few days,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), License type(s), Subject category","Google Scholar, SHARE, Microsoft Academic, Unpaywall",Permanent with withdrawal option and some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,At author's request with moderator approval,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,Hypothesis,Unknown,Onsite search,1/23/2020
Thesis Commons (by OSF),https://thesiscommons.org/,"""An open archive of theses""",All scientific fields,2017-08,Center for Open Science and small group of enthusiasts,Academic community group; charity,Non-profit,"COS receive external financial support (e.g. grant, individual)","Open Science Framework, open source",Yes (includes researchers),Any language,Theses only,"PDF, Word doc",No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,No,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC0, CC BY, with no preference stated","Akismet spam filtering (automatic on all OSF content), No moderation","Conflict of Interest, Data, code availability, Preregistration availability, All authors consent to posting",Unknown,,When alerted to concern,Unknown,Unknown,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), License type(s), Subject category","Google Scholar, SHARE, Microsoft Academic, Unpaywall",Permanent with withdrawal option and some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,Only in legal or extraneous circumstances,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,Hypothesis,Unknown,Onsite search,1/23/2020
AAS Open Research,https://aasopenresearch.org/,"""...is a platform for rapid publication and open peer review for researchers supported by AAS and programs supported through its funding platform, AESA""","Multiple scientific fields, including health and wellbeing*",Unknown,African Academy of Sciences,Funding organisation (funder),Non-profit,"Article processing charges, covered by funding agency","Custom F1000 software, closed source",Yes (includes researchers),English (articles); Accepts posters and slides in all languages – metadata and description must be in English,"All article types (primary and scecondary research), posters and slides","Word doc, RTF",Yes (XML and HTML),"DOI, each version receives its own DOI and own non-DOI citable identifier",Accepts any new versions,"Yes, compliant, stated on website",Yes,Yes,Authors must use CC BY license ,"Data is available (if applicable), Code is available (if applicable), All authors notified, One author affiliated with AAS, Legal compliance, Ethical compliance","Competing interests, Funder acknowledgement, Clinical trial registration, Data, code availability statement",Unknown,,Unknown,Unknown,Up to 1 week,No fee to author (APC between £120-£800 typically paid by AAS),No reader registration required,Available for free upon request,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Author affiliation(s), Funder acknowledgement(s), Subject category, Full-text content, Institution, Competing interests, Referee (name, affiliation, referee report), Commenter (name, text, affiliation), Study type, article type","Google Scholar, Prepubmed, Europe PMC, SciLit",Permanent with some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Contravention of copyright, plagiarism, false or inaccurate content, ethical and legal issues",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,Unknown,Community moderation via commenting,Restricted - manuscript can only be published in journal linked to server,AAS Open Research,n/a,"Yes, added by platform within one month of publication",Preprints permanently archived in Portico,"Views, Downloads, Altmetrics, link to Google Scholar citations",Commenting (including annotation plug-ins),Unknown,"Onsite search, Link to Google Scholar citations, Blog and gateways",1/23/2020
AMRC Open Research,https://amrcopenresearch.org/,"""A platform for rapid author-led publication and open peer review of research funded by AMRC (Association of Medical Research Charities) member charities""","Broad life & biomedical research, including basic scientific, translational, applied and clinical research",Unknown,Association of Medical Research Charities,Funding organisation (funder); Membership organisation,Non-profit,Article processing charges,"Custom F1000 software, closed source",Not yet,English (articles); Accepts posters and slides in all languages – metadata and description must be in English,"All article types (primary and scecondary research), posters and slides","Word doc, RTF",Yes (XML and HTML),"DOI, each version receives its own DOI and own non-DOI citable identifier",Accepts any new versions,"Yes, compliant, stated on website",Yes,Yes,Authors must use CC BY license ,"Data is available (if applicable), Code is available (if applicable), All authors notified, One author affiliated with AMRC, Text overlap detection, Legal compliance, Ethical compliance","Data, code availability statement",Unknown,,Unknown,Unknown,Up to 1 week,"Author fee applies (min £120; max £800*; £20 per poster, slide or document)",No reader registration required,Available for free upon request,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Author affiliation(s), Funder acknowledgement(s), Subject category, Full-text content, Institution, Competing interests, Referee (name, affiliation, referee report), commenter (name, text, affiliation), study type, article type","Google Scholar, Prepubmed, Europe PMC, SciLit",Permanent with some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Contravention of copyright, plagiarism, false or inaccurate content, ethical and legal issues",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,Unknown,Community moderation via commenting,Restricted - manuscript can only be published in journal linked to server,AMRC Open Research,n/a,"Yes, added by platform within one month of publication",Preprints permanently archived in Portico,"Views, Downloads, Altmetrics, link to Google Scholar citations",Commenting (including annotation plug-ins),Unknown,"Onsite search, Link to Google Scholar citations",1/23/2020
Gates Open Research,https://gatesopenresearch.org/,"""...is a platform for rapid author-led publication and open peer review of research funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation""","Global health, global development, global growth and opportunity",Unknown,Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,Funding organisation (funder),Non-profit,"Article processing charges, covered by funding agency","Custom F1000 software, closed source",Yes (includes researchers),English (articles); Accepts posters and slides in all languages – metadata and description must be in English,"All article types (primary and scecondary research), posters and slides","Word doc, RTF",Yes (XML and HTML),"DOI, each version receives its own DOI and own non-DOI citable identifier",Accepts any new versions,"Yes, compliant, stated on website",Yes,Yes,Authors must use CC BY license ,"Data is available (if applicable), Code is available (if applicable), Text overlap detection, All authors notified, One author affiliated with Gates, Legal compliance, Ethical compliance","Data, code availability statement",Unknown,,Unknown,Unknown,Up to 1 week,No fee to author (APC between $150-$1500* paid by the Gates Foundation),No reader registration required,Available for free upon request,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Author affiliation(s), Funder acknowledgement(s), Subject category, Full-text content, Institution, Competing interests, Referee (name, affiliation, referee report), commenter (name, text, affiliation), study type, article type","Google Scholar, Prepubmed, Europe PMC, SciLit",Permanent with some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Contravention of copyright, plagiarism, false or inaccurate content, ethical and legal issues",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,Unknown,Community moderation via commenting,Restricted - manuscript can only be published in journal linked to server,Gates Open Research,n/a,"Yes, added by platform within one month of publication",Preprints permanently archived in Portico,"Views, Downloads, Altmetrics, link to Google Scholar citations",Commenting (including annotation plug-ins),Unknown,"Onsite search, Link to Google Scholar citations, Gateways",1/23/2020
HRB Open Research,https://hrbopenresearch.org/,"""...is a platform for HRB-funded researchers to rapidly publish their research outputs in an open and accessible way""","Broad life & biomedical research, including exploratory, translational, biomedical, clinical, epidemiological, health services research",Unknown,Health Research Board Ireland,Funding organisation (funder),Non-profit,"Article processing charges, covered by funding agency","Custom F1000 software, closed source",Yes (includes researchers),English (articles); Accepts posters and slides in all languages – metadata and description must be in English,All article types (primary and scecondary research),"Word doc, RTF",Yes (XML and HTML),"DOI, each version receives its own DOI and own non-DOI citable identifier",Accepts any new versions,"Yes, compliant, stated on website",Yes,Yes,Authors must use CC BY license ,"Data is available (if applicable), Code is available (if applicable), All authors notified, One author affiliated with HRB, Text overlap detection, Legal compliance, Ethical compliance","Data, code availability statement",Unknown,,Unknown,Unknown,Up to 1 week,No fee to author (APC between €123-€818* paid by HRB),No reader registration required,Available for free upon request,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Author affiliation(s), Funder acknowledgement(s), Subject category, Full-text content, Institution, Competing interests, Referee (name, affiliation, referee report), commenter (name, text, affiliation), study type, article type","Google Scholar, Prepubmed, Europe PMC, SciLit",Permanent with some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Contravention of copyright, plagiarism, false or inaccurate content, ethical and legal issues",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,Unknown,Community moderation via commenting,Restricted - manuscript can only be published in journal linked to server,HRB Open Research,n/a,"Yes, added by platform within one month of publication",Preprints permanently archived in Portico,"Views, Downloads, Altmetrics, link to Google Scholar citations",Commenting (including annotation plug-ins),Unknown,"Onsite search, Link to Google Scholar citations, Blog",1/23/2020
MNI Open Research,https://mniopenresearch.org/,"""...is a platform for rapid publication and open peer review of research conducted by MNI (Montreal Neurological Institute) and Hospital researchers""","Subject-specific, including brain imaging, cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, neurological diseases/disorders",Unknown,"Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University",Academic institution,Non-profit,"Article processing charges, covered by funding agency (limited to one article per lab per year)","Custom F1000 software, closed source",Not yet,English (articles); Accepts posters and slides in all languages – metadata and description must be in English,All article types (primary and scecondary research),"Word doc, RTF",Yes (XML and HTML),"DOI, each version receives its own DOI and own non-DOI citable identifier",Accepts any new versions,"Yes, compliant, stated on website",Yes,Yes,Authors must use CC BY license ,"Data is available (if applicable), Code is available (if applicable), All authors notified, One author affiliated with MNI, Text overlap detection, Legal compliance, Ethical compliance","Data, code availability statement",Unknown,,Unknown,Unknown,Up to 1 week,No fee to author (APC between £116-£775*^ paid by MNI),No reader registration required,Available for free upon request,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Author affiliation(s), Funder acknowledgement(s), Subject category, Full-text content, Institution, Competing interests, Referee (name, affiliation, referee report), commenter (name, text, affiliation), study type, article type","Google Scholar, Prepubmed, Europe PMC, SciLit",Permanent with some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Contravention of copyright, plagiarism, false or inaccurate content, ethical and legal issues",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,Unknown,Community moderation via commenting,Restricted - manuscript can only be published in journal linked to server,MNI Open Research,n/a,"Yes, added by platform within one month of publication",Preprints permanently archived in Portico,"Views, Downloads, Altmetrics, link to Google Scholar citations",Commenting (including annotation plug-ins),Unknown,"Onsite search, Link to Google Scholar citations",1/23/2020
Wellcome Open Research,https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/,"""A new way for Wellcome-funded researchers to rapidly publish any results they think are worth sharing""","Broad life & biomedical research, including basic scientific, translational and clinical research",Unknown,Wellcome Trust,Funding organisation (funder),Non-profit,"Article processing charges, covered by funding agency","Custom F1000 software, closed source",Yes (includes researchers),English (articles); Accepts posters and slides in all languages – metadata and description must be in English,"All article types (primary and scecondary research), editorials","Word doc, RTF, LaTeX via Overleaf template",Yes (XML and HTML),"DOI, each version receives its own DOI and own non-DOI citable identifier",Accepts any new versions,"Yes, compliant, stated on website",Yes,Yes,Authors must use CC BY license ,"Data is available (if applicable), Code is available (if applicable), All authors notified, Author has Wellcome grant, Legal compliance, Ethical compliance","Competing interests, All authors consent to posting, Funder acknowledgement, Clinical trial registration, Data, code availability statement",Unknown,,Unknown,Unknown,Up to 1 week,No fee to author (APC between £116-£775* paid by Wellcome),No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Author affiliation(s), Funder acknowledgement(s), Subject category, Full-text content, Institution, Competing interests, Referee (name, affiliation, referee report), commenter (name, text, affiliation), study type, article type","Google Scholar, Prepubmed, Europe PMC, SciLit",Permanent with some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Contravention of copyright, plagiarism, false or inaccurate content, ethical and legal issues",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,Unknown,Community moderation via commenting,Restricted - manuscript can only be published in journal linked to server,Wellcome Open Research,n/a,"Yes, added by platform within one month of publication",Preprints permanently archived in Portico,"Views, Downloads, Altmetrics, link to Google Scholar citations",Commenting (including annotation plug-ins),Unknown,"Onsite search, Link to Google Scholar citations, Blog and gateways",1/23/2020
arXiv,https://arxiv.org/,"""Open access to...e-prints""","Multiple scientific fields, including quantitative biology*",1991-08,Cornell University,Academic institution,Non-profit,"External financial support (grants and membership program: libraries, research labs, philanthropy, government funding)","SWORD, open source",Yes (includes researchers),Any language – abstract must be in English,Research manuscripts only,"PDF, LaTeX, HTML",Require full-text to be submitted in machine-readable format,"Platform-specific ID (e.g. arXiv ID), each version receives its own non-DOI citable identifier",Accepts any new versions,None as yet,No,Yes,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC0, CC BY, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, non-exclusive license to distribute, any other CC license as specified in manuscript text; with no preference for which license chosen","Content within scope, Text overlap detection, Misconduct or integrity checks, Legal compliance, Ethical compliance",Competing interest; all author consent to posting,"Data, code, or materials availability",,Before posting,staff + Volunteers + automated,<48h,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata)","Google Scholar, PrePubmed (q-bio only), Europe PMC, SciLit, SHARE, INSPIRE-HEP, The NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS), The arXiv Search Interface from the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (also in Chinese)  ",Permanent with no removal options (as long as archive exists),"Author didn't have the right to post, copyright infringment, national security risks","Web link remains available and a ""withdrawn""watermark is added",Unknown,Social media or direct with authors (except copyright violations or significant issues),Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,Not available,"Yes, added by platform after one month from publication","Persistent access through mirror sites, no external preservation services used as yet",None,no ,Unknown,"Onsite search, Alerts (e.g. RSS, email alerts)",1/23/2020
Authorea,https://www.authorea.com/,"""...is a platform to discover and publish cutting edge, open research""",All scientific fields,2017-09,Atypon (Wiley),Publishing organisation (publisher),For-profit,"Other business model not based on direct preprinting charges or associated journal (acquisition and investment from Atypon, part of Wiley)","Custom Authorea software, Proprietary software with some open source components",No,Any language,"Any scholarly content (including articles, datasets, code, figures, tables, slides, micropublications, and Jupyter Notebooks)","PDF, Word doc, LaTeX",Yes (HTML),"DOI, each version receives its own DOI",Accepts any new versions,"Yes, in process of becoming compliant, without stating on website",Yes,Yes,"Authors can choose among (1) Non exclusive, no reuse, (2) CC BY 4.0, (3) Public domain, and (4) MIT license ","Content scholarly in nature , Legal compliance, Ethical compliance",All authors consent to posting,Unknown,,Before posting,Staff + automated,Same day,No fee to author,No reader registration required,"Yes via JATSXML, available programmatically or manually (under Download button at top of document)","Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Author affiliation(s), Subject category, Full-text content, keywords","SciLit, Crossref, Google Scholar",Content may be removed by operator/owner only,Policy not yet in place,Not applicable (at this time),Unknown,Email administrator,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,Wiley journals participating in the Under Review pilot,"Yes, listed at https://support.authorea.com/en-us/article/how-do-i-directly-submit-to-a-publisher-atxzf7/","Yes, added by platform within one month of publication",Preprints permanently archived in Portico,"Views, Downloads, Social media interactions (from individual platforms not Altmetric)",Commenting (including annotation plug-ins),Unknown,"Forking (copying an article that may or may not be authored by you), follow the article",1/23/2020
bioRxiv,https://www.biorxiv.org/,"""...is a free online archive and distribution service for unpublished preprints in the life sciences...""",Broad life & biomedical research (from animal behaviour and cognition to zoology) ,2013-11,Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL),Academic institution,Non-profit,Internal (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) and external financial support (multiyear grant funding from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative),"Highwire Preprint & BenchPress, Proprietary software with some open source components",Yes (includes researchers),English – non-English language translations can be included as supplementary files,"Research manuscripts only (primary research only; white papers accepted in Scientific Communication and Education category only; types not accepted are: datasets, theses, figures, protocols, correspondence without new data or analyses)","PDF, Word doc, WordPerfect",Yes (HTML),"DOI, single DOI retained but new versions have distinct URLs",Accepts new versions until acceptance at journal ,None as yet,Yes,Yes,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC0, CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC-ND, or no reuse; with no preference for which license chosen","Content within scope, Text overlap detection, Legal compliance, Potential for harm if posted",Competing interests,"Data, code, or materials availability",,Unknown,Unknown,Up to 48 hours,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), Author affiliation(s), License type(s), Full-text content, References, Subject category","Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic, Meta, Europe PMC, SHARE, Crossref",Permanent with withdrawal options and (rare) removal in extraneous circumstances,"Removal: Legal or biohazard reasons; Withdrawal: Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content, ethical and legal issues, co-author(s) did not consent to posting","Withdrawn articles remain visible; For removed articles, basic information remains on a tombstone page",Unknown,Email administrator,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,"Yes, listed at https://www.biorxiv.org/about-biorxiv","Yes, added by platform within one month of publication",Preprints permanently archived in Portico,"Views, Downloads, Altmetrics, Social media interactions (from individual platforms not Altmetric), Number of comments (Disqus; Hypothesis if loaded)",Commenting (including annotation plug-ins),Unknown,"Onsite search, Alerts (e.g. RSS, email alerts), Other: Channels, PREreview reviews linked, PreLights blog linked, Pingbacks to external blogs, PeerCommunity in content linked, biOverlay content linked, embedded twitter feed",1/23/2020
Cell Sneak Peek,https://www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en/cell-press-sneak-peeks/,"""...is an author opt-in preview of the papers under review in [CellPress] primary research journals""","Subject-specific, including cancer; stem cell; neuron; cell development; biology; immunity",Unknown,Elsevier,Publishing organisation (publisher),For-profit,Unknown,"Unknown, Unknown",Yes (includes researchers),Unknown,Content criteria as directed by associated journal(s) (Cell Press portfolio),PDF,No,"URL only, Unknown",Unknown,Unknown,Yes,Yes,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,,Unknown,Unknown,A few days,No fee to author,Reader can view basic metadata without account but must register to view and download full content,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,"Manuscripts must be submitted to a Cell Press Journal first, authors are then provided with the option of displaying their manuscript while under review using SSRN’s ‘First Look’ (aka ‘Sneak Peek’)",A Cell Press journal,A Cell Press journal,Unknown,Unknown,"Views, Downloads",Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,1/23/2020
ChemRxiv,https://chemrxiv.org/,"""...is a free submission, distribution and archive service for unpublished preprints in chemistry and related areas""","Subject-specific, including biological and medicinal chemistry",Unknown,American Chemical Society; German Chemical Society; Royal Society of Chemistry,Scientific society,Non-profit,Nothing to report from server,"Figshare, closed source",Yes (includes researchers),English,Research manuscripts only,Any (PDF preferred),If provided by author in machine-readable format,"DOI, each version receives its own DOI suffix",Accepts new versions until acceptance at journal,"Yes, compliant, without stating on website",Yes,Yes,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND, with CC BY-NC-ND preferred ","Data is available (if applicable), Code is available (if applicable), Text overlap detection, Misconduct or integrity checks, All authors notified, Legal compliance, Ethical compliance","Competing interests, All authors consent to posting, Funder acknowledgement",Unknown,,Unknown,Unknown,Up to 48 hours,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Author affiliation(s), Funder acknowledgement(s), License type(s), Subject category, Full-text content, References","Google Scholar, Europe PMC, Chemical Abstracts Services, Crossref",Permanent with some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Contravention of copyright, plagiarism, ethical and legal issues",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,Unknown,"Email administrator, or contact ethics departments of governing partners",Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,"Yes, journals owned by American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, German Chemical Society (other publishers coming soon)","Yes, added by platform within one month of publication",Agreement to dark archive content with TIB (Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology University Library),"Views, Downloads, Altmetrics, Citations",Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,1/23/2020
ChinaXiv,http://chinaxiv.org/home.htm,"""...is an open repository of Chinese scientific research papers in the field of natural sciences""",All scientific fields,Unknown,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Academic institution,Non-profit,Nothing to report from server,"Java, SQL server, closed source",Yes (includes researchers),"Standard Chinese, English, unknown if other",Research manuscripts only,"PDF, Word doc, LaTeX",No,"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Unknown,No,No,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC0, CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC BY-NC-SA; with no preference for which license chosen","Text overlap detection, Misconduct or integrity checks",Unknown,Unknown,,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Subject category",ROAR (Registry of Open Access Repositories),Permanent with no removal options,"Contravention of copyright, plagiarism, false or inaccurate content, ethical and legal issues",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,Unknown,None,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,"Multiple, listed at http://chinaxiv.org/journal/browse.htm",Not available,Can be added by author or journal ,Long term preservation in local,"Views, Downloads",Commenting (including annotation plug-ins),Unknown,"Alerts (e.g. RSS, email alerts), News, Author Blacklist",1/23/2020
ESSOAr,https://www.essoar.org/,"""...is a community server established to accelerate the open discovery and dissemination of Earth and space science""","Relating to earth, environmental, and space sciences (subject-specific topics include biology, microbiology and public health)",Unknown,"American Geophysical Union (AGU), Wiley",Scientific society; Publishing organisation (publisher),Non-profit,Internal financial support (investment from Wiley and AGU),"Atypon/Literatum, closed source",Yes (includes researchers),English,Scholarly content (including manuscripts and posters),PDF (Word and LaTeX in development),Yes,"DOI, each version receives its own DOI suffix",Accepts new versions until acceptance at journal ,"Yes, without stating on website",Yes,Yes,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND, non-exclusive license; with no preference stated","Text overlap detection, Misconduct or integrity checks",All authors consent to posting,Unknown,,Unknown,Unknown,A few days,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via Crossref,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Author affiliation(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), Funder acknowledgement(s), License type(s), Subject category, ORCID, Keywords","Google Scholar, SHARE, Crossref",Permanent with some removal options in extraneous circumstances,Copyright infringement or other ethical or legal issues the Advisory Board deems critical,Unknown,Unknown,Email administrator,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,21 AGU publications (others in roadmap),Not yet (on roadmap),"Yes, added by platform within one month of publication; can be added by author or journal",On roadmap: preprints to be permanently archived in Portico,"Downloads, Altmetrics",Unknown,Unknown,"Onsite search, Alerts (e.g. RSS, email alerts), Plaudit, QR code, bookmarks, reference management tools",1/23/2020
F1000 Research,https://f1000research.com/,"""...is an Open Research publishing platform for life scientists, offering immediate publication of articles and other research outputs without editorial bias""","Broad life & biomedical research, including basic scientific, translational and clinical research within the life sciences and medicine",Unknown,F1000 Research Ltd ,Publishing organisation (publisher),For-profit,Nothing to report from server,"Custom F1000 software, closed source",Yes (includes researchers),English,"Any scholarly content (including articles, posters and slides; primary and secondary research)","Word doc, RTF, LaTeX via Overleaf only",Yes (XML and HTML),"DOI, each version receives its own DOI and own non-DOI citable identifier ",Accepts any new versions,"Yes, compliant, stated on website",Yes,Yes,Authors must use CC BY license,"Data is available (if applicable), Code is available (if applicable), Text overlap detection, Misconduct or integrity checks, All authors notified, Authors meet criteria (https://f1000research.com/about/policies#aaa), Other: Originality","Competing interests, All authors consent to posting, Funder acknowledgement, Clinical trial registration, Data availability statement",Unknown,,Unknown,Unknown,Up to 1 week,Author fee applies (min $150; max $2000 US)*,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Author affiliation(s), Funder acknowledgement(s), Subject category, Full-text content, Institution, Competing interests, Article is a Faculty Review (yes/no), Referee (name, affiliation, report), Commenter (name, affiliation, comment text), Study type, Article type","Google Scholar, Europe PMC, SHARE, SciLit, Prepubmed",Permanent with some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Contravention of copyright, false or inaccurate content, ethical and legal issues",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,Unknown,Email administrator,Restricted - manuscript can only be published in journal linked to server,F1000 Research,Not applicable,"Yes, added by platform within one month of publication",Preprints permanently archived in Portico,"Views, Downloads, Altmetrics, GScholar citations",Commenting (including annotation plug-ins),Unknown,"Onsite search, Alerts (e.g. RSS, email alerts), Link to Google Scholar citations",1/23/2020
JMIR Preprints,https://preprints.jmir.org/,“A preprint server for pre-publication/pre-peer-review preprints intended for community review as well as ahead-of-print (accepted) manuscripts”,Broad life & biomedical research,Unknown,JMIR Publications Inc,Publishing organisation (publisher),Unknown,Unknown,"Unknown, Unknown",Unknown,Unknown,"Research manuscripts, blog posts, “grey” online reports",Word doc,No,"DOI, not applicable",Accepts first submission only,Unknown,No,Yes,Authors must use no license (all rights reserved),,Unknown,Unknown,,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,No fee to author,"Author choice: No reader registration required, or reader can view basic content (title, abstract) without account but must register to view and download full content",Unknown,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, License types(s), Journal currently submitted to",Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,JMIR Publications journals,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Social media interactions (from individual platforms not Altmetric),Commenting (including annotation plug-ins),Unknown,Onsite search,1/23/2020
MedRxiv,https://www.medrxiv.org/,"""...is a free online archive and distribution server for complete but unpublished manuscripts (preprints) in the medical, clinical, and related health sciences""","Broad medical, clinical and related health sciences",2019-06,"Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), co-managed with Yale University and BMJ",Academic institution,Non-profit,Supported by CSHL and a grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative,"Highwire Preprint & BenchPress, Proprietary software with some open source components",Yes,English,"Multiple article types (including research articles, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, clinical research design protocols, data articles; types not accepted are: theses, opinion pieces, editorials, narrative reviews, datasets)","PDF, Word doc",In preparation,"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts new versions until acceptance at journal,None as yet,Yes,Yes,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC0, CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC-ND, or no reuse; with no preference for which license chosen","Content within scope , Text overlap detection (plagiarism detection), Legal compliance , Ethical compliance , Potential for harm if posted","Competing interests, Data availability statement, Funder acknowledgement, Clinical trial registration",Unknown,,Before posting,Unknown,A few days,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via Crossref,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), Author affiliation(s), Funder acknowledgement(s), License type(s), Subject category, References","Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic Search, Crossref",Permanent with withdrawal options and (rare) removal in extraneous circumstances,"Removal: Legal or biohazard reasons; Withdrawal: Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content, ethical and legal issues, co-author(s) did not consent to posting","Withdrawn articles remain visible; For removed articles, basic information remains on a tombstone page",Unknown,Unknown,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,"Yes, listed at https://www.medrxiv.org/content/about-medrxiv","Yes, added by platform within one month of publication",Preprints permanently archived in Portico,"Views, Downloads, Altmetrics, Social media interactions (from individual platforms not Altmetric), Number of comments (Disqus; Hypothesis if loaded)",Commenting (including annotation plug-ins),Unknown,"Onsite search, Alerts (e.g. RSS, email alerts)",1/23/2020
MitoFit Preprint Archives,https://www.bioblast.at/index.php/MitoFit_Preprint_Archives,"""Open Access preprint server for mitochondrial physiology and bioenergetics""","Subject-specific, including mitochondrial physiology, bioenergetics, ergodynamics",Unknown,Oroboros Instruments,Life sciences tech company,Non-profit,Other business model not based on direct preprinting charges or associated journal (maintained by MitoFit DOI Data Center),"MediaWiki, open source",Yes (includes researchers),English,Any scholarly content (primary and secondary research)   ,PDF (abstract to be submitted as Word doc),No,"DOI, each version receives its own DOI suffix",Accepts new versions until acceptance at journal,"Yes, endorses, stated on website",Yes,Yes,Authors must use CC BY-NC-ND license ,"Content within scope , Manuscript is complete (methods, references), Data is available (if applicable), All authors notified, Legal compliance, Ethical compliance, Potential for harm if posted","Competing interests, Funder acknowledgement, Clinical trial registration",Data availability statement,,Before posting,Staff,Up to 1 week,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via DataCite,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Author affiliation(s), Funder acknowledgement(s), License type(s), Subject category, ORCID if provided, language of publication, version of the manuscript",Google Scholar,Permanent with some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, ethical and legal issues, no appropriate declaration of conflicts of interest",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,Ar authors' request,Community moderation via commenting,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,BEC,"Yes, added by platform within one month of publication",Backup kept in secondary server,None,Disqus and hypothesis,Moderated before posting,None,1/23/2020
NeuroImage Clinical First Look,https://www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en/neuroimage-clinical/,"""...is an author opt-in preview of the papers currently under consideration in [NeuroImage Clinical]""","Subject-specific, including diseases, disorders and syndromes involving the nervous system, neuroimaging",Unknown,Elsevier,Publishing organisation (publisher),For-profit,Unknown,"Unknown, Unknown",Unknown,Unknown,Content criteria as directed by associated journal (NeuroImage: Clinical),"PDF, Word doc",No,"URL only, Unknown",Unknown,Unknown,Yes,Yes,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,,Unknown,Unknown,A few days,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,"Manuscripts must be submitted to the NeuroImage Clinical first, authors are then provided with the option of displaying their manuscript while under review using SSRN’s ‘First Look’",NeuroImage: Clinical,Not applicable,Unknown,Unknown,"Views, Downloads",Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,1/23/2020
PeerJ Preprints (no longer recieving submissions),https://peerj.com/preprints/,"""...is the 'pre-print' area of PeerJ""","Biological, medical and environmental sciences, matching scope to PeerJ journal (excludes Clinical Trials, diagnostic, therapeutic or health implications) ",Unknown,PeerJ,Publishing organisation (publisher),For-profit,Supported by associated journal publishing (PeerJ),"Custom PeerJ Preprints software, closed source",Yes (includes researchers),English,Any scholarly content (primary and secondary research),PDF,No,"DOI, each version receives its own non-DOI citable identifier",Accepts any new versions until publication in a journal,None,Yes,Yes,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC0, CC BY, with CC BY preferred","Misconduct or integrity checks, Legal compliance, Ethical compliance",Unknown,Data availability statement,,Unknown,Unknown,Up to 24 hours,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via Crossref,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), Author affiliation(s), Funder acknowledgement(s), License type(s), Subject category","Google Scholar, Europe PMC",Permanent with some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"False or inaccurate content, additional reasons not stated",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,Unknown,Email administrator,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,PeerJ journals,Unknown,Can be added by author or journal ,Preprints permanently archived in Portico and Europe PMC,"Views, Downloads, Social media interactions (from individual platforms not Altmetric), Comments",Commenting (including annotation plug-ins),Unknown,"Onsite search, Alerts (e.g. RSS, email alerts)",1/23/2020
Preprints with The Lancet,https://www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en/the-lancet/,"""...a place where journals and other research experts identify content of interest prior to publication...Authors have either opted in at submission to The Lancet family of journals to post their preprints on Preprints with The Lancet, or submitted directly via SSRN""",Medical sciences,Unknown,Elsevier,Publishing organisation (publisher),For-profit,Unknown,"Unknown, Unknown",Unknown,Unknown,Content criteria as directed by associated journal(s) (Lancet family of journals),Unknown,No,"URL only, not applicable",Accepts first submission only,Unknown,Yes,Yes,Unknown,Content within scope,"Competing interests, Funder acknowledgement, Clinical trial registration",Unknown,,Unknown,Unknown,Up to 2 weeks,No fee to author,"Reader can view basic content (title, abstract) without account but must register to view and download full content",Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,"Manuscripts must be submitted to the Lancet family of journals (including EBioMedicine and EClinicalMedicine) first, authors are then provided with the option of displaying their manuscript while under review using SSRN’s ‘First Look’",The Lancet portfolio of titles: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/JELJOUR_Results.cfm?form_name=journalBrowse&journal_id=3184962,Not applicable,Can be added by author or journal ,Unknown,"Views, Downloads",Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,1/23/2020
Preprints.org,https://www.preprints.org/,"""...is a multidisciplinary preprint platform that makes scientific manuscripts from all fields of research immediately available.""",All scientific fields,2020-05,Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI),Publishing organisation (publisher),Non-profit,Supported by associated journal publishing (MDPI),"Custom software, closed source",Yes (includes researchers),English,"Multiple article types (including research manuscripts, comprehensive reviews, data articles, case reports; types not accepted are: editorials, discussion papers, commentaries, coursework)","Word doc, LaTeX",No,"DOI, each version receives its own DOI and own non-DOI citable identifier",Accepts any new versions,None as yet,Yes,Yes,Authors must use CC BY license ,"Content within scope, All authors notified, Data is available (if applicable), Code is available (if applicable), Text overlap detection, Legal compliance, Ethical compliance",Unknown,Data availability statement,,Before posting,"Staff, volunteers",Up to 24 hours,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via Crossref,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), License type(s)","Google Scholar, Prepubmed, Europe PMC, SHARE, SciLit",Permanent with some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Contravention of copyright, plagiarism, false or inaccurate content, ethical and legal issues, misconduct","Basic information remains on a tombstone page if DOI has been issued, otherwise no web presence retained",no,Email administrator,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,Not available,Yes,Preprints permanently archived in Portico,"Views, Downloads, Altmetrics, Number of comments",Commenting (including annotation plug-ins),Moderated before posting,"Onsite search, Alerts (e.g. RSS, email alerts)",9/8/2020
Research Square,https://www.researchsquare.com/,"""...lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your paper prior to peer review in a journal""",All scientific fields,Unknown,Research Square,Publishing services organisation,For-profit,Other business model not based on direct preprinting charges or associated journal publishing (publishing services by Research Square),"Custom software, closed source",Not yet,English,"Multiple article types (including research articles, systematic reviews, method articles, data articles; types not accepted are: literature reviews, hypotheses, opinions, theories or commentaries)","Word doc, LaTeX",Yes (HTML),"DOI, each version receives its own DOI",Accepts any new versions,None as yet,Yes,Yes,Authors must use CC BY license ,"Content within scope, Other: potential for harm if posted without peer review","Competing interests, Funder acknowledgement, Clinical trial registration",Unknown,,Before posting,Staff,A few days,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via Crossref,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Author affiliation(s), Funder acknowledgement(s), Subject category, Full-text content, References, License type(s), Relational link to journal publication version (where it exists)","Google Scholar, Crossref, Researcher-app",Permanent with some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Contravention of copyright, ethical and legal issues",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,Unknown,Email administrator,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,Submit directly or submit from BMC journals and more from Springer Nature portfolio listed at https://www.researchsquare.com/journals,Not available,"Yes, added by platform within one month of publication",Preprints permanently archived in Portico,"Views, Downloads, Altmetrics, Comments, Citations",Commenting (including annotation plug-ins),Moderated after posting (if flagged),"Onsite search, Email alerts with comments",9/7/2020
SciELO Preprints,https://preprints.scielo.org/,"""...a collection of non-peer-reviewed manuscripts within the SciELO Network of national and thematic collection of journals""","Multiple scientific fields including biological, health, human, applied social sciences*",2020-04,SciELO and FAPESP Program,Research infrastructure program,Non-profit,Internal financial support (SciELO Program),"Open Preprints System, open source",Yes (includes researchers),"English, Portuguese, Spanish","Multiple article types (including research manuscripts, review papers, case studies, opinion papers, technical notes, dataset description papers)",PDF,No,"URL only, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts new versions of content until acceptance at journal,"Yes, endorses, without stating on website",Yes,Yes,Authors must use CC BY license ,"Content within scope
, Manuscript is complete (methods, references)
, All authors notified
, Legal compliance
, Ethical compliance
, Originality
, Potential for harm if posted","Competing interests, All authors consent to posting, Clinical trial registration","Funder acknowledgement
, Data, code, or materials availability
, Changelog",A manuscript will be automatically posted when the submitting author has at least three articles of any date or two recent articles of the last two years with active DOIs in the Crossref repository,Before posting,"Automated, Staff, Volunteers",A few days,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), License type(s)","Google Scholar, Crossref",Permanent with some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Contravention of copyright, plagiarism, false or inaccurate content, ethical and legal issues",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,"At authors' request, if properly justified",Email administrator,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,"None (SciELO journals that use OJS, soon)",Available for any journal using a SWORD (Simple Web-service Offering Repository Deposit) protocol-based manuscript submission platform,"Yes, added by platform",All content is preserved using Archivematica ,"Views, Downloads, Altmetrics, Social media interactions (via AddThis)",Hypothesis,No,"Onsite search, retrievable via SciELO.org network search",9/8/2020
SSRN,https://www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en/,"""...is an open-access online preprint community providing valuable services to leading academic schools and government institutions""","Multiple scientific fields including applied sciences, health sciences, life sciences, social sciences*",Unknown,Elsevier,Publishing organisation (publisher),For-profit,Unknown,"Unknown, Unknown",Yes (includes researchers),"Any language – English preferred, title and abstract must be provided in English, non-English translations can be submitted and linked to English version","Multiple types (including research manuscripts, abstracts, editorials, opinion papers)",PDF,No,"DOI, Unknown",Accepts any new versions,Unknown,No,No,Unknown,Scope,Unknown,Unknown,,Unknown,Unknown,Up to 48 hours,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Unknown,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, References",Unknown,Content may be removed by author (or operator/owner),"Contravention of copyright, plagiarism, false or inaccurate content, ethical and legal issues",Unknown,Unknown,Email administrator,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,Not available,Unknown,Unknown,"Views, Downloads, Plum Metrics",Unknown,Unknown,Plum metrics,1/23/2020
Surgery Open Science First Look,https://www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en/surgery-open-science/,“...open access journal affiliated with the journal Surgery and striving to incorporate the strongest tenets of the open science movement including allowing author preprint”,"Relating to surgery, matching scope to Surgery journal",Unknown,Elsevier,Publishing organisation (publisher),Unknown,Unknown,"Unknown, Unknown",Unknown,Unknown,Content criteria as directed by associated journal (Surgery Open Science),Unknown,No,"URL only, Unknown",Unknown,Unknown,No,No,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,,Unknown,Unknown,A few days,No fee to author,"Reader can view basic content (title, abstract) without account but must register to view and download full content",Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,"Manuscripts must be submitted to Surgery Open Science first, authors are then provided with the option of displaying their manuscript while under review using SSRN’s ‘First Look’",Surgery Open Science,Not applicable,Unknown,Unknown,"Views, Downloads",Unknown,Unknown,"Onsite search, Email alerts (SSRN subscription)",1/23/2020
Therapoid,https://therapoid.net/en/preprint/,"""an open web platform for scientific collaboration by Open Therapeutics""","Relating to pharmaceutical, medical device, and medical/health diagnostic technologies",Unknown,Open Therapeutics,Life sciences tech company,For-profit,Unknown,"Custom software, Proprietary software with some open source components",Yes (includes researchers),English – Chinese also to be supported in future,Research manuscripts only (multimedia content accepted in associated discussion forum),PDF,No (plan to require HTML in future)  ,"URL only, each version receives its own DOI",Accepts any new versions,None as yet,No,No,Authors must use CC BY license ,"Legal compliance, Ethical compliance",All authors consent to posting,Unknown,,Unknown,Unknown,Same day,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via Crossref,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Subject category, Other: anything else the author provides",Not indexed,Permanent with some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Contravention of copyright, plagiarism, false or inaccurate content, ethical and legal issues",No web presence retained,Unknown,Not yet in place: expect community moderation via forum,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,Not available yet (to be provided for any and only open access journals),"Yes, added by platform within one month of publication",All content is preserved – no further information reported by server,"None as yet ""metrics coming soon""",Commenting (including annotation plug-ins),Unknown,"Onsite search, Alerts (e.g. RSS, email alerts), ""Blockchain technology being implemented""",1/23/2020
ViXra,https://vixra.org/,"""An alternative archive...in Science and Mathematics serving the whole scientific community""","Multiple scientific fields, including biology*",Unknown,Small group of enthusiasts,Individual or community,Non-profit,"Sustainable low-cost web hosting service secured, previously run on donations","Custom viXra software with services from formsite.com and disqus.com, closed source",Yes (includes researchers),"Any language – English preferred, non-English translations can be provided with English version, as new versions or submitted separately","Multiple types (including research articles, books, theses)",PDF,No,"Platform-specific ID, each version retains ID with a version number",Accepts any new versions,"Mostly compliant, without endorsing, without stating on website",Yes,Yes,Authors can use any license,"Text overlap detection, Misconduct or integrity checks, Legal compliance, Ethical compliance",Unknown,Unknown,,Unknown,Unknown,Up to 48 hours,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Unknown,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract",Not indexed,Content may be removed by author (or operator/owner),"Contravention of copyright, plagiarism, false or inaccurate content, ethical and legal issues",No web presence retained,Unknown,Email administrator,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,Not available,Can be added by author or journal ,Long-term archiving provided by mirror site and cloud storage of database,Views,"Commenting (including annotation plug-ins),",Unknown,"Alerts (e.g. RSS, email alerts)",1/23/2020
EarthArXiv,https://eartharxiv.org/,"""A free preprint service for the Earth sciences""","Multiple scientific fields relating to earth sciences, not including life or biomedical sciences",Unknown,"Center for Open Science controls the infrastructure, governance is conducted by a volunteer Advisory Council containing 15 members each having 2 year terms",separate infrastructure and governance responsibilities,Non-profit,,,Yes (includes researchers),English,"Multiple article types (including research manuscripts, review papers, case studies, technical notes, dataset description papers)",PDF,No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,Yes,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC BY Attribution 4.0 International, CC0 1.0 Universal, Academic Free License (AFL) 3.0, GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) 2.1, with no preference for which license chosen","Content within scope, Text overlap detection, Manuscript is complete (methods, references)",Unknown,Unknown,,Unknown,Unknown,Up to 1 week,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, License type(s), Subject category","Google Scholar, SHARE, Microsoft Academic, Unpaywall",Permanent with some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, ethical and legal issues",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,Unknown,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,Commenting (including annotation plug-ins),Unknown,Onsite search,1/23/2020
ECSarXiv,https://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/,"""a free preprint service for electrochemistry and solid state science and technology""","Multiple scientific fields relating to electrochemistry and solid state science and technology, not including life or biomedical sciences",2018-05,The Electrochemical Society,Scientific society,Non-profit,Community operators pay a fee based on usage and COS subsidizes the other portion through fundraised support,"Open Science Framework, open source",Yes (includes researchers),English,Any scholarly content,Unknown,No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,Yes,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC BY Attribution 4.0 International, CC0 1.0 Universal, CC BY Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International, CC BY Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International; with no preference for which license chosen",", Legal compliance, Ethical compliance, Akismet spam filtering (automatic on all OSF content), Content within scope ","Conflict of Interest, Data, code availability, Preregistration availability, All authors consent to posting",Unknown,,Before posting,Unknown,Up to 48 hours,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), License type(s), Subject category","Google Scholar, SHARE, Microsoft Academic, Unpaywall",Permanent with withdrawal option and some removal options in extraneous circumstances,None stated,Basic information remains on a tombstone page,At author's request with moderator approval,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,None,None,Onsite search,1/23/2020
engrXiv,https://engrxiv.org/,"""The open archive of engineering""","Multiple scientific fields relating to engineering, including biochemical and biomolecular engineering*",2016-08,engrXiv,Academic institution,Non-profit,Community operators pay a fee based on usage and COS subsidizes the other portion through fundraised support,"Open Science Framework, open source",Yes (includes researchers),"Any language – English preferred, title and abstract must be in English, non-English translations can be submitted as versions","Multiple article types (including research manuscripts, systematic reviews, data papers, methods papers)","PDF, Word doc, LaTeX",No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,Yes,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC0 1.0 Universal, CC BY Attribution 4.0 International, No license; with CC0 or CC BY preferred","Akismet spam filtering (automatic on all OSF content), Content within scope , Legal compliance","Conflict of Interest, Data, code availability, Preregistration availability, All authors consent to posting",Unknown,,Before posting,Unknown,A few days,No fee to author,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), License type(s), Subject category","Google Scholar, SHARE, Microsoft Academic, Unpaywall",Permanent with withdrawal option and some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Contravention of copyright, ethical and legal issues",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,At author's request with moderator approval,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,Hypothesis,Unknown,Onsite search,1/23/2020
LawArXiv,http://lawarxiv.info/,"""Legal Scholarship in the Open""","Relating to law, not including life or biomedical sciences",2017-04,unknown - information not found online,unknown,Unknown - information not found online,Community operators pay a fee based on usage and COS subsidizes the other portion through fundraised support,"Open Science Framework, open source",Yes (includes researchers),Unknown,Unknown,"PDF, Word doc",No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,No,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC BY Attribution 4.0 International, CC0 1.0 Universal, No license; with no preference for which license chosen","Akismet spam filtering (automatic on all OSF content), Content within scope ",Unknown,Unknown,,When alerted to concern,Unknown,Unknown,Unknown,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Author affiliation(s), License type(s)","Google Scholar, SHARE, Microsoft Academic, Unpaywall",Permanent with withdrawal option and some removal options in extraneous circumstances,None stated,Basic information remains on a tombstone page,At author's request with moderator approval,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,None,None,Onsite search,1/23/2020
LIS Scholarship Archive,https://lissarchive.org/,"""A free, open scholarly platform for library and information science""","Relating to library and information sciences, not including life or biomedical sciences",2017-07,Center for Open Science controls and owns the infrastructure; Steering Board of volunteers run the platform (https://lissarchive.org/faq/#support-lissa),Individual or community,Non-profit,Community operators pay a fee based on usage and COS subsidizes the other portion through fundraised support,"Open Science Framework, open source",Yes (includes researchers),Any language,Any scholarly content,Any format supported by OSF platform,No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,No,"Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC0 (public domain), CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, No license (copyright holder and year), CC BY-SA, Academic Free License (AFL) 3.0, Artistic License 2.0, MIT License, Eclipse Public License 1.0, BSD 2-Clause; BSD 3-Clause, GNU LGPL 2.1, GNP LGPL 3.0, GNU GPL 2.0, GNU GPL 3.0, Apache License 2.0, Mozilla Public License; with no preference for which license chosen","Misconduct or integrity checks, Akismet spam filtering (automatic on all OSF content), Content within scope ","Conflict of Interest, Data, code availability, Preregistration availability, All authors consent to posting",Unknown,,After posting,Unknown,Same day,Unknown,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), License type(s), Subject category","Google Scholar, SHARE, Microsoft Academic, Unpaywall",Permanent with withdrawal option and some removal options in extraneous circumstances,Ethical and legal issues,Basic information remains on a tombstone page,At author's request with moderator approval,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,None,None,Onsite search,1/23/2020
ARPHA Preprints,https://preprints.arphahub.com/,"""Designed for journals hosted on ARPHA Platform that have opted in for this service. Optional for the authors."", , ",All scientific fields,9/1/2020,Pensoft Publishers,Owned by publisher and technology provider,Free service,Supported by the publisher to provide a free service to the RPHa-hosted journals,Proprietary,Managed by the publisher and supported by the editorial boards of the participating journals,English,All articcle types ,PDF,No (planned in development roadmap),DOI,No versioning; published articles linked to their preprints.,Yes,Yes,Yes,CC-BY 4.0,"Content within scope, Manuscript is complete (methods, references), All authors notified, Legal compliance, Ethical compliance","Funder acknowledgement, Competing interests, , ","Data, code, or materials availability (depending on the participating journal)",,Before posting,Managing editors of the particpating journals,Up to 48 hours,No fee to authors,No reader registration required,Openly available via API,"Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), License type(s), Subject category","Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic, Unpaywall",Permanent with some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,Possible by editorial decision,"Email administrator, comments",Manuscript can be published in any ARPHA-hosted journal,ARPHA-hosted journals that opted in for preprint services,ARPHA-hosted journals that opted in for preprint services,"Yes, added by the system","CLOCKS, Zenodo","Downloads, Altmetrics",Post-publication comments,Moderated after posting,Onsite search,10/20/2020
EdArXiv,https://drive.google.com/a/g.ucla.edu/file/d/1vz0zkYoCc9TsbeBUU3rL5x_QYhqnZvfP/view?usp=sharing,"""A Preprint Server For The Education Research Community""",Relating to education research,2019-06,Center for Open Science controls and owns the infrastructure; Steering Board of volunteers run the platform ,Individual or community,Non-profit,Community operators pay a fee based on usage and COS subsidizes the other portion through fundraised support,"Open Science Framework, open source","Yes, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vz0zkYoCc9TsbeBUU3rL5x_QYhqnZvfP/view",Any language,Unknown,Any format supported by OSF platform,No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,No,"No license, GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) 3.0, GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) 2.1, CC-By Attribution 4.0 International, Artistic License 2.0, CC0 1.0 Universal, BSD 3-Clause ""New""/""Revised"" License, BSD 2-Clause ""Simplified"" License, Apache License 2.0, CC-By Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International, CC-By Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International, Academic Free License (AFL) 3.0, Eclipse Public License 1.0, Mozilla Public License 2.0, MIT License, GNU General Public License (GPL) 3.0, GNU General Public License (GPL) 2.0","Akismet spam filtering (automatic on all OSF content) , Content within scope","Conflict of Interest, Data, code availability, Preregistration availability, All authors consent to posting",,,Before posting,,,,,,,,Permanent with withdrawal option and some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,At author's request with moderator approval,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,Hypothesis,Unknown,,10/27/2020
MediarXiv,https://mediarxiv.org/,"""Open Archive for Media, Film, and Communication Studies. Visit mediarxiv.com for more information.""",All scientific fields,2019-02,Center for Open Science controls and owns the infrastructure; Steering Board of volunteers run the platform ,Individual or community,Non-profit,Community operators pay a fee based on usage and COS subsidizes the other portion through fundraised support,"Open Science Framework, open source","Yes, includes researchers",Unknown,Unknown,Any format supported by OSF platform,No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,No,"No license, CC-By Attribution 4.0 International, CC0 1.0 Universal, CC-By Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International, CC-By Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International","Akismet spam filtering (automatic on all OSF content) , Content within scope","Conflict of Interest Data, code availability Preregistration availability All authors consent to posting",,,Before posting,,,,,,,,Permanent with withdrawal option and some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,At author's request with moderator approval,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,None,None,,10/27/2020
BodoArxiv,https://bodoarxiv.org/,"""Open Repository for Medieval Studies, Visit BodoArXiv.org to learn more.""",Relating to digital scholarship in Digitial Humanities and international and area studies,2019-03,Center for Open Science controls and owns the infrastructure; Steering Board of volunteers run the platform ,Individual or community,Non-profit,Community operators pay a fee based on usage and COS subsidizes the other portion through fundraised support,"Open Science Framework, open source","Yes, https://bodoarxiv.org/finance-and-governance/",Unknown,Unknown,Any format supported by OSF platform,No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,No,"No license, CC-By Attribution 4.0 International, CC0 1.0 Universal","Akismet spam filtering (automatic on all OSF content) , Content within scope","Conflict of Interest Data, code availability Preregistration availability All authors consent to posting",,,After posting,,,,,,,,Permanent with withdrawal option and some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,At author's request with moderator approval,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,Hypothesis,Unknown,,10/27/2020
BioHackrXiv,http://guide.biohackrxiv.org/about.html,"""Preprints for BioHackathons""",All scientific fields,2020-01,Center for Open Science controls and owns the infrastructure; Steering Board of volunteers run the platform ,Individual or community,Non-profit,Community operators pay a fee based on usage and COS subsidizes the other portion through fundraised support,"Open Science Framework, open source","Yes, http://guide.biohackrxiv.org/moderation_board.html",Unknown,http://guide.biohackrxiv.org/moderation_process.html,Any format supported by OSF platform,No (planned in development roadmap),"DOI, single DOI retained for all versions",Accepts any new versions,Yes,No,No,"CC-By Attribution 4.0 International, CC0 1.0 Universal, CC-By Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International","Akismet spam filtering (automatic on all OSF content) , Content within scope","Conflict of Interest Data, code availability Preregistration availability All authors consent to posting",,,Before posting,,,,,,,,Permanent with withdrawal option and some removal options in extraneous circumstances,"Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content",Basic information remains on a tombstone page,At author's request with moderator approval,Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS,Unrestricted - manuscript can be published in any destination,None,None,Can be added by author,COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years,Downloads,Hypothesis,Unknown,,10/27/2020