Preprint Servers

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Last update: Nov 2025. N.b This form only contains active servers and has a life science focus. To be included, the server must allow authors to deposit preprints independently of journal submission and must not post predominantly pseudoscience.

Preprint serverURLAllows VersionsIndexed in Europe PMCPlatformGovernanceLicence choices
AAS Open Researchhttps://aasopenresearch.org/Yes, as journal articlesF1000
Advance: a SAGE Preprints Communityhttps://advance.sagepub.com/YesAuthorea
AfricArxivhttps://info.africarxiv.org/yesOnly OSF archiveUbuntuNet
AgriRxivwww.agrirxiv.orgYesCABI
AMRC Open Researchhttps://amrcopenresearch.org/yesYesF1000
arXivhttps://arxiv.org/yesCOVID onlyarXiv
Authoreahttps://www.authorea.com/yesYesAuthoreaPublisher
BioHackrXivhttp://guide.biohackrxiv.org/about.htmlyesYesOSF
bioRxivhttps://www.biorxiv.org/Yes, until journal acceptanceYesopenRxivNon-profitCC licences, author choice
BodoArxivhttps://osf.io/preprints/bodoarxivyesNoOSF
Cambridge Open Engagehttps://www.cambridge.org/engage/coe/public-dashboardyesNoCambridge University Press
ChemRxivhttps://chemrxiv.org/YesYesCambridge University Press
ChinaXivhttp://chinaxiv.org/home.htmYesNoChinese Academy of Science
EarthArXivhttps://eartharxiv.org/YesNoJaneway
EcoEvoRxivhttps://ecoevorxiv.org/NoJaneway
ECSarXivhttps://www.electrochem.org/ecsarxiv/OSF
EdArXiv*https://edarxiv.org/NoOSF
elpub preprints*https://preprints.ru/No?
engrXivhttps://engrxiv.org/NoOPS
ESSOArhttps://www.essoar.org/YesAuthorea
F1000 Researchhttps://f1000research.com/YesYesF1000
FocUS Archivehttps://osf.io/preprints/focusarchiveYesOSF
Gates Open Researchhttps://gatesopenresearch.org/F1000Funder
HRB Open Researchhttps://hrbopenresearch.org/YesF1000
IndiaRxivhttps://ops.iihr.res.in/index.php/IndiaRxiv/indexNoNoOPS
JMIR Preprintshttps://preprints.jmir.org/NoNoJMIRPublisher
LIS Scholarship Archivehttps://lissarchive.org/YesNoOSF
MediarXivhttps://osf.io/preprints/mediarxivYesNoOSF
MedRxivhttps://www.medrxiv.org/Yes, until journal acceptanceYesopenRxivNon-profit
MetaArXivhttps://osf.io/preprints/metaarxiv/YesNoOSF
MitoFit Preprint Archiveshttps://www.bioblast.at/index.php/MitoFit_Preprint_ArchivesYesNo?
NutriXivhttps://osf.io/preprints/nutrixivNoOSF
OSF Preprintshttps://osf.io/preprints/YesNoOSFNon-profit
OctopusOctopusNon-profit
PaleorXivhttps://paleorxiv.org/YesYesOSF
PhilArchive*https://philarchive.org/NoPhilpapers
PhilSci-Archivehttp://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/NoEPrints
Preprints with The Lancet on SSRNhttps://www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en/the-lancet/NoNo?SSRN
Preprints.orghttps://www.preprints.org/YesYesMDPIPublisher
PsyArXivhttps://psyarxiv.com/YesNoOSF
Research Squarehttps://www.researchsquare.com/Yes, by requestYesResearch SquarePublisherCC-BY, no choice
ResearchGate*https://www.researchgate.net/topic/Biology/publications?ft=all&rt%5B%5D=tpNoResearchGate
SciELO Preprintshttps://preprints.scielo.org/YesYesOPSNon-profit?
SocArxivhttps://socopen.org/YesNoOSF
SportrXivhttps://sportrxiv.org/index.php/serverYesNoOPS
SSRNhttps://www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en/COVID onlySSRNPublisher
TechRxivhttps://www.techrxiv.orgYesNoAuthorea
Thesis Commons (by OSF)https://thesiscommons.org/NoOSF
Wellcome Open Researchhttps://wellcomeopenresearch.org/Yes, as journal articlesF1000
Zenodohttps://zenodo.org/search?page=1&size=20&q=&subtype=preprintYesNoZenodo
Jxivhttps://jxiv.jst.go.jp/NoOPS
VeriXivhttps://verixiv.org/YesYesF1000Funder, but publisher platform

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