The State of Preprints in the Life Sciences 2013-2025

We took an in-depth investigation in to the current state of preprinting within the Life Sciences up to 2025. This report covers the broad preprinting trends, a detailed look at the openRxiv servers with. a focus on bioRxiv and a discussion of the trends we are likely to see across 2026. Within this, we make clear recommendations for advocacy in this area.

You can also watch a presentation of the key findings from the report on our YouTube channel

Our key advocacy recommendations: