| URL: | https://www.biorxiv.org/ |
| Full Name: | bioRxiv |
| Short Name (or Acronym): | |
| Description: | bioRxiv (pronounced "bio-archive") is a free online archive and distribution service for unpublished preprints in the life sciences. |
| Accepted Content Types: | Research manuscripts only ( white papers accepted in Scientific Communication and Education category only; types not accepted are: datasets, theses, figures, protocols, correspondence without new data or analyses), Preprints |
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| Closure Date: | |
| Contact: | [email protected] |
| Disciplinary Scope: | Broad life & biomedical research (from animal behaviour and cognition to zoology) |
| Keywords: | Life sciences |
| Launch Date: | 11/7/13 |
| OAI-PMH URL: | |
| OpenDOAR ID: | |
| Platform: | Highwire Preprint & BenchPress (proprietary software with some open source components) |
| Platform Languages: | English |
| Record Count: | Metadata: 1,254 |
| Repository Type: | Community-based |
| Service Pricing: | None |
| Status: | Open |
| Terms of Use: | Yes |
| Last Update: | 7/28/21 |
| Accessibility of Conflict of Interest Procedures: | |
| Business Model: | Non Profit |
| Funding: | Internal (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) and external financial support (multiyear grant funding from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative) |
| Objectives: | By posting preprints on bioRxiv, authors are able to make their findings immediately available to the scientific community and receive feedback on draft manuscripts before they are submitted to journals. |
| Countries: | <a href="https://doapr.coar-repositories.org/countries/united-states/">United States</a> |
| Owner Full Name: | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
| Owner Short Name: | CSHL |
| Owner URL: | http://www.cshl.edu/ |
| Ownership Type: | Academic institution |
| Scientific Technical Committees: | Yes : includes researchers. |
| User Committees: | Yes, Advisory group includes leaders in preprints and scholarly communication.. |
| Access to Content: | Anyone may access full items free of charge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Access to Metadata: | Anyone may access the metadata free of charge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Account Creation: | Free, Only needed for submission | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Backups: | Yes : All bioRxiv papers are archived at Portico. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Functional Description: | Yes, find here | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interoperability: | Yes via API | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Metadata Formats: | Highwire Press metadata (essentially an enrichment of Dublin Core) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Metadata Languages: | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Metadata Properties: | Title, Identifier, Posting date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), Author affiliation(s), Funder acknowledgement(s), License type(s), Subject category, References, COI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Method for Reuse of Metadata: | Openly available via API | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Open Source: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission for Re-use of Metadata: | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Persistence of Content: | Yes : All bioRxiv papers are archived at Portico. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Academic Applicant Only?: | Yes |
| Accepted Content Formats: | PDF, Word doc, WordPerfect |
| Accepted Content Languages: | Only English |
| Accepted Content Level: | Primary Research only |
| Accepted Supplementary Content: | If images and tables are submitted as separate files, acceptable file formats are GIF, TIFF, EPS, and JPEG, |
| Associated Editor: | No |
| Associated Journal: | No |
| Author PID: | ORCID |
| Availability of Associated Content: | |
| Journal Submission: | Unrestricted |
| Licensing: | Authors are provided with a choice of licenses: CC0, CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC-ND, or no reuse; with no preference for which license chosen |
| Mechanisms to Report Concerns About Content: | Email administrator |
| Mechanisms to Report Concerns About Plagiarism: | Email administrator |
| Moderation: | Content within scope screened by bioRxiv team and bioRxiv Affiliates |
| Peer Review Status Indication: | Yes |
| Persistent Identifier: | DOI, single DOI retained but new versions have distinct URLs |
| Remaining Indrawn Item: | Withdrawn articles remain visible; For removed articles, basic information remains on a tombstone page |
| Text Embargo: | No |
| Time from Submission to Posting: | It is usually between 24-48h |
| Versioning Policy: | Accepts new versions until acceptance at journal. All versions are available and visible for readers. |
| Who can Deposit?: | Anyone can post on the platform. Only an account is required ( The creation of the account is free). |
| Withdrawal Authorisation: | Author or Platform |
| Withdrawal Policy: | Yes. Removal: Legal or biohazard reasons; Withdrawal: Plagiarism, false or inaccurate content, ethical and legal issues, co-author(s) did not consent to posting |