BeckerGuides: Preprints: Where to Post a Preprint

Preprint Repositories

arXiv
arXiv is a preprint server for physics, math, computer sciences, quantitative biology and statistics.
Authorea
Authorea is a platform for publishing articles, data, figures and preprints.
bioRxiv
bioRxiv is a preprint server for biology.
ChemRxiv
ChemRxiv is a preprint repository for chemistry.
Figshare
Figshare is a repository where users can make all of their research outputs available in a citable, shareable and discoverable manner.
medRxiv
medRxiv is a preprint server for the health sciences.
Open Science Framework (OSF)
WUSTL is a member of OSF, a free, open platform to support your research and enable collaboration. OSF contains over two million preprints from a number of preprint repositories. Use your WUSTL Key to register for an account.
Preprints.org
Preprints is a platform dedicated to making early versions of research outputs permanently available and citable. Content on Preprints is not peer-reviewed and can receive feedback from readers
Research Square
Research Square contains over 25,000 preprints and allows authors to submit preprints and make edit prior to peer review in a journal.
SciELO Preprints
SciELO is an multidisciplinary international preprint server.
SSRN
SSRN is a multidisciplinary preprint server.

Guidance for Selecting a Preprint Repository

NIH offers guidance on selecting a repository for interim research products including preprints.

The NIH strongly encourages interim research products arising from NIH funds to be deposited in repositories that ensure:

Content is findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR).
Interim product metadata, including usage statistics, are open, and easy to access by machines and people (e.g. via application program interfaces).
Content is easy to use by machines and people. This access is both a function of permission (e.g. use of Creative Commons licenses) and technology (e.g. application program interfaces).
Policies about plagiarism, competing interests, misconduct and other hallmarks of reputable scholarly publishing are rigorous and transparent.
Records of changes to the product are maintained, and users have clear ways to cite different versions of the product.
Links to the published version, if available.
A robust archiving strategy that ensures long-term preservation and access.

Source: Reporting Preprints and Other Interim Research Products

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Guidance

Per International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE): Authors who choose to post their work on a preprint server should choose one that clearly identifies preprints as not peer-reviewed work and includes disclosures of authors’ relationships and activities.

Source: Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals, December 2024.