| Votes | By | Price | Discipline | Year Launched |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | FREE | Interdisciplinary |
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bioRxiv (pronounced “bio-archive”) is a free, open-access repository for preprints in the life sciences. It was launched in November 2013 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and co-founded by John Inglis and Richard Sever.
The platform enables researchers to share their manuscripts publicly prior to traditional peer review and formal journal publication.
Key features
- Free access: All preprints on bioRxiv are available without paywalls.
- Broad subject coverage: Accepts work across many sub-fields of life-sciences including genetics, immunology, ecology, neuroscience, bioengineering, synthetic biology and more.
- DOI assignment: Preprints receive DOIs (digital identifiers) so they can be cited and tracked.
- Versioning and linking: Authors can post updated versions, when the work is later published in a peer-reviewed journal, bioRxiv links to the published version.
- Screening process: While not peer-reviewed, submissions undergo basic checks (for non-scientific content, plagiarism, biosecurity issues) before posting
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