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Name Discipline(s) DescriptionSizeCreated Provider(s)AIJR PreprintsMultidisciplinaryAIJR Preprints is an open-access Indian preprint repository which is indexed in Europe PMC and listed in OpenDOAR>1002020AIJR PublisherAAS Open ResearchMultidisciplinaryAt least one of the authors must be affiliated with the African Academy of Sciences>1002018African Academy of Sciences & F1000 Research LtdAMRC Open ResearchMedicineAt least one of the authors must be affiliated with AMRC member charities<1002019Association of Medical Research Charities & F1000 Research LtdagriRxivAgriculture Global preprint service for agriculture and allied sciences>1002017Open Access India & CAB InternationalAPSA PreprintsPolitical scienceEarly research outputs in political science and related disciplines>1002019American Political Science Association & Cambridge University Pressmp_arcMathematical physicsMain focus: mathematics, physics>10,000University of Texas at Austin, Università Roma Tre, Universitat de BarcelonaarXivMultidisciplinaryMain focus: mathematics, physics, astronomy, computer science, quantitative biology, statistics, quantitative finance and economics>1,000,0001991Cornell UniversityAfricArXivMultidisciplinaryPreprint server for interdisciplinary research in Africa>1002018Center for Open ScienceArabixivMultidisciplinaryArabic Preprint Server>1002018Center for Open ScienceARPHA PreprintsMultidisciplinaryThe submission systems limited to the participating ARPHA journals<1002020Pensoft PublishersAuthoreaMultidisciplinaryA collaborative writing platform that can be used as preprint server>10,0002013AtyponBeilstein ArchivesMultidisciplinaryPreprint server for Beilstein journals>1002019Beilstein InstitutLife SciencesPreprint server to report on works done during BioHackathons, CodeFests, Sprints or similar events>1002020Center for Open SciencebioRxivBiologyOpen access preprint repository for the biological sciences>100,0002013Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryMedieval StudiesOpen Repository for Medieval Studies<1002019ScholarlyHub & Center for Open ScienceCell Sneak PeekBiologyManuscript under review in Cell Press journals>1,0002018ElsevierChemRxivChemistryOpen access preprint archive for chemistry>10,0002017American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry & German Chemical SocietyMultidisciplinaryPreprint server for interdisciplinary research in China>10,0002016National Science Library, Chinese Academy of SciencesCogPrintsMultidisciplinaryPsychology, Neuroscience, Linguistics, Computer Science, Philosophy, and Biology>1,000University of SouthamptonCrimRxivCriminologyCriminology's open archive>1002020University of ManchesterCryptology ePrint ArchiveCryptographyOpen access preprint archive for cryptography>1,0001996International Association for Cryptologic ResearchEarthArXivEarth scienceAll subdomains of Earth Science and related domains of planetary science>1,000 2017California Digital LibraryEcoEvoRxivEcologyA free preprint service for ecology, evolution and conservation>1002018Center for Open ScienceEconStorEconomics and Business StudiesA subject based repository with a high share of working papers (preprints)>100,0002009ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for EconomicsECSarXivElectrochemistry A free preprint service for electrochemistry and solid state science and technology>1002018Center for Open ScienceEducation A Preprint Server For The Education Research Community>1002019Center for Open ScienceengrXivEngineeringOpen archive of engineering preprints>1,0002016Open Engineering IncESSOArEarth scienceEarth and space science preprints and conference posters>1,0002018American Geophysical Union, Atypon, & WileyEyexivVision science The Eye Open Repository, Preprints founded by Dr. F. Heidary for ophthalmology, optometry, and vision science>1002022International Virtual Ophthalmic Research CenterE-LISLibrary scienceEprints in Library and Information Science>10,0002003E-LIS Governance & CIEPIF1000 ResearchLife SciencesPreprint server with integrated option of peer review by invited experts, suggested by the authors, done openly after publication>1,0002012F1000 Research Ltd figshare Multidisciplinary Open content repository unknown 2011 Springer NatureFocUS ArchiveUltrasound researchA free preprint service for the focused ultrasound research community<1002018Center for Open ScienceFrenxivMultidisciplinaryFrench server for preprints. Closed.>100Center for Open ScienceGates Open ResearchMultidisciplinaryA platform for rapid author-led publication and open peer review of research funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation>1002017Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationHALMultidisciplinaryOpen archive for scholarly documents from all academic fields>1,000,0002001Centre pour la communication scientifique directeHRB Open ResearchMedicineA preprint platform for HRB-funded researchers>1002018Health Research Board & F1000 Research Ltd.hprintsArts and humanitiesNordic Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences Open Access repository>1002008French National Centre for Scientific Research & NordbibMultidisciplinaryPreprint server for interdisciplinary research in Indonesia>10,000Center for Open ScienceMultidisciplinaryPreprint server for interdisciplinary research in India>1002019Open Access India, Center for Open Science & Society for Promotion of HorticultureJxivMultidisciplinaryPreprint server in Japan>1002022Japan Science and Technology AgencyJMIR PreprintsMedicinePreprint server by publisher JMIR Publications mainly for open review of JMIR submissions>1002009JMIR PublicationsMultidisciplinaryPreprint repository focused on early dissemination and citation of research primarily in the Latin American context.>1002024Paideia Publishing ServicesLawArXiv LawArchive for legal research>1,000 Center for Open ScienceLISSALibrary scienceLibrary and Information Sciences Scholarship Archive>1002018Center for Open ScienceLingBuzz LinguisticsPreprint server for linguistics, covering phonology, semantics, syntax, morphology, and diachronic linguistics>10,000 2004(?)University of TromsøMarXivMarine scienceRepository for ocean and marine-climate science. Closed.>100Center for Open ScienceCommunication sciencesPreprints for media, film, and communication research>1002019Center for Open SciencemedRxivMedicineOpen access preprint archive for medicine>10,0002019Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryMultidisciplinaryFocused on improving research transparency and reproducibility>1002018Center for Open ScienceMindRxivMultidisciplinaryPreprints on mind and contemplative practices>1002018Center for Open ScienceNature PrecedingsMultidisciplinaryPreprint repository of scholarly work in the fields of biomedical sciences, chemistry, and earth sciences>1,000Nature Publishing GroupNutriXivNutritional sciencesPreprint service for the nutritional sciences<1002018Center for Open ScienceOptimization OnlineMathematicsEprint repository for optimization topics>10,0002000Mathematical Optimization Society & Wisconsin instituteOSF PreprintsMultidisciplinaryAggregates over 30 preprint servers (all from COS plus other like arXiv, bioRxiv, etc.). Number of native OSF Preprints documents: 25,114.>1,000,0002017Center for Open SciencePaleorXivPaleontologyPreprint server for paleontology>1002017Center for Open SciencePeerJ PrePrintsBiology, medicineInitially, developed as preprint server for PeerJ submissions. Closed Sep 30th 2019.>1,000O'Reilly Media & SAGE PublishingPhilArchivePhilosophyA preprint archive for philosophy affiliated with PhilPapers>10,0002009PhilPapers FoundationPhilSci-ArchivePhilosophy of scienceAn archive for preprints in philosophy of science>10,0002001D-Scribe Digital PublishingPreprints with The LancetMedicinePreprints available via SSRN>1,0002018Elsevier Preprints.orgMultidisciplinaryPreprint server for interdisciplinary research governed by MDPI>124,0002016MDPI Preprints.ruMultidisciplinaryPreprint server for interdisciplinary research in Russia>1002019NEICONPsyArXivPsychologyOpen access preprint archive for psychology>10,0002016Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science QeiosMultidisciplinaryOpen access, open peer review scientific publishing platform>10002019QeiosRePEcEconomicsResearch in economics>1,000,0001997Federal Reserve Bank of St. LouisResearch SquareMultidisciplinaryPreprint server plus editing (commercial)>100,0002018Research Square R&D LLCRutgers Optimality ArchiveLinguisticsA distribution point for research in Optimality Theory and its conceptual affiliates>1,0001993School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers UniversitySciELO PreprintsMultidisciplinaryInterdisciplinary research for Latin America, Iberian Peninsula, South Africa>10,0002020SciELOScienceOpenMultidisciplinaryA research and discovery network allowing scholars with at least 5 publications to freely review preprints.>1,000,0002013ScienceOpenSocArXivSocial scienceOpen archive of the social sciences>10,0002016Center for Open ScienceSportRxivSports scienceRepository dedicated to sport and exercise related research>1002017Center for Open ScienceSSRN (First Look)MultidisciplinaryAggregates over 30 preprint servers (Preprints with The Lancet, Cell Sneak Peek, etc.). More than 55 disciplines. Initially funded by SSRN in 1994, bought in 2016 by Elsevier.>1,000,0001994ElsevierTechRxivEngineeringPreprints in Technology Research>10,0002020Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ViXraMultidisciplinaryMainly physics and mathematics, but also other. An alternative to arXiv. Well-known for also having many unorthodox papers and also fringe science.>10,0002009Scientific God Inc.Wellcome Open ResearchMultidisciplinaryAt least one of the authors must be a Wellcome researcher>1002017Wellcome TrustWikiJournal PreprintsMultidisciplinaryPreprint repository of scholarly work in a MediaWiki format<1002017WikiJournal User GroupZenodoMultidisciplinaryPreprint repository of scholarly work >100,000 2011OpenAIRE / CERNSynthicalMultidisciplinaryOpen access preprint repository for computer science, mathematics, economics, physics, cryptography, biology, and chemistry >1,000,0002023Synthical

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External links ASAPBio's list of preprint servers