(26 Jun 2026) The CHORUS Forum: Future of Preprints hosted on 4 June 2026 and moderated by Katie Corker, Executive Director, ASAPbio convened stakeholders from scholarly communications, publishing, and research infrastructure communities to examine the evolving role of preprints in the research ecosystem. A panel discussion focused on growth of subject-specific preprint repositories, opportunities for greater…
(10 Dec 2025) At most scientific publications, papers co-authored by artificial intelligence (AI) are not welcome. At a new open platform called aiXiv, they are embraced. The platform goes all in on AI: It accepts both AI- and human-authored work, uses built-in AI reviewers for baseline quality screening, and guides authors through revisions based on the chatbots’…
(11 Mar 2025) We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences. openRxiv ensures that researchers worldwide can continue to share discoveries rapidly and openly. With a researcher-led governance model, openRxiv strengthens the foundation of preprint sharing, empowering…
(4 Apr 2024) F1000 and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced plans to launch a new verified preprint platform that will enable the rapid availability of new findings and promote research integrity. VeriXiv [pronounced very-kive] will support researchers in complying with the Gates Foundation’s refreshed open access policy that requires all their funded research to be…
(5 Oct 2022) The Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe (CCSD) of France and the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) are pleased to announce the launch of a directory of open access preprint repositories. Preprints are becoming an increasingly important part of the research communications landscape. Posting preprints allows researchers to share their research…
(15 Aug 2022) ChemRxiv was launched on August 15, 2017 to provide researchers in chemistry and related fields a home for the immediate sharing of their latest research. In the past five years, ChemRxiv has grown into the premier preprint server for the chemical sciences, with a global audience and a wide array of scholarly…
(11 Mar 2022) The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) plans to release Jxiv on Thursday, March 24, 2022. Jxiv is the first full-fledged preprint server in Japan that makes unpublished, pre-reviewed papers (preprints) openly available, in order to support rapid-release research results and promote open science. Papers are one of the most common…
Preprints Repository Server for India is Relaunched using Open Preprints Systems (24 Feb 2022) During the Foundation Day celebrations of the Society for Promotion of Horticulture (SPH), IndiaRxiv (India Archive), preprints repository server for India was relaunched on the SPH’s webserver using Public Knowledge Project’s free & open source software, Open Preprints Systems. Previously, the…
(3 Feb 2022) The Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe (CCSD) of France and the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) have announced their formal collaboration to launch a directory of open access preprint repositories. Preprints are becoming an increasingly important part of the research communications landscape. Posting preprints allows researchers to share their research freely and rapidly with…
(4 Jan 2022) The research-sharing platform arXiv.org now hosts more than 2 million articles. arXiv, stewarded by Cornell Tech, is a free resource for scholars around the world in fields including physics, math and computer science, who use the service to share their own cutting-edge research and read work submitted by others. “These 2 million submissions…