| URL: | https://osf.io/preprints/ |
| Full Name: | OSF preprints |
| Short Name (or Acronym): | OSF |
| Description: | The launch of OSF Preprints branded services continues COS’s ongoing commitment to open and transparent research practices. The new preprints service is built on our flagship platform, OSF, which helps researchers design and manage their project workflow, data storage, DOI management, and collaboration. |
| Accepted Content Types: | Multiple types (including research articles, posters, new data), Preprints |
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| Contact: | [email protected] |
| Disciplinary Scope: | All scientific fields |
| Keywords: | Preprints discovery site |
| Launch Date: | 8/1/16 |
| OAI-PMH URL: | |
| OpenDOAR ID: | |
| Platform: | Open Science Framework |
| Platform Languages: | English |
| Record Count: | Metadata: 2 097 029 |
| Repository Type: | Aggregating |
| Service Pricing: | None |
| Status: | Open |
| Terms of Use: | Yes |
| Last Update: | 4/19/21 |
| Accessibility of Conflict of Interest Procedures: | |
| Business Model: | Non Profit |
| Funding: | External financial support |
| Objectives: | Aggregate search results from a variety of other preprint providers such as arXiv, bioRxiv, PeerJ, CogPrints and others |
| Countries: | <a href="https://doapr.coar-repositories.org/countries/united-states/">United States</a> |
| Owner Full Name: | Center for Open Science |
| Owner Short Name: | COS |
| Owner URL: | https://www.cos.io/ |
| Ownership Type: | Charity |
| 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 : COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Functional Description: | Yes, there are tutorials | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interoperability: | Yes via API | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Metadata Formats: | Yes : Crossref uses a preprint-specific metadata schema that makes it easy to connect preprints with their published articles and ORCID profiles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Metadata Languages: | English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Metadata Properties: | Title, Identifier (e.g. DOI), Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Relational link to final journal publication (e.g. in crossref metadata), License type(s), Subject category | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Method for Reuse of Metadata: | Openly available via API | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Open Source: | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission for Re-use of Metadata: | Never asked | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Persistence of Content: | Yes : COS Preservation Fund to maintain read access for 50+ years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Academic Applicant Only?: | Yes |
| Accepted Content Formats: | PDF, Word doc |
| Accepted Content Languages: | Any languages |
| Accepted Content Level: | Research only |
| Accepted Supplementary Content: | full text, figures, data, image, coding, analyses. This is associated with the article via a specific link |
| Associated Editor: | No |
| Associated Journal: | No |
| Author PID: | ORCID |
| Availability of Associated Content: | Metadata and Data |
| Journal Submission: | Unrestricted |
| Licensing: | The licenses available for OSF Preprints are CC-0 1.0 Universal and CC-By Attribution 4.0 International. These are open licenses. Additional licenses are available on some of the community preprint services. |
| Mechanisms to Report Concerns About Content: | Email, call, notification to moderation etc. |
| Mechanisms to Report Concerns About Plagiarism: | Email administrator; helpdesk support from COS : [email protected] |
| Moderation: | Moderators may be anonymous or may choose to share their identities. |
| Peer Review Status Indication: | Yes |
| Persistent Identifier: | DOI |
| Remaining Indrawn Item: | Preprints cannot be deleted, but can be withdrawn, leaving behind metadata about the resource. |
| Text Embargo: | No, only if the publisher imposes an embargo period |
| Time from Submission to Posting: | Up to 24 hours |
| Versioning Policy: | Accepts new version. All version are archieved 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, Plateform in case of copyrights issues |
| Withdrawal Policy: | Yes. Withdrawing an accepted preprint from a pre-moderation service / Withdrawing a pending preprint from a pre-moderation service / Withdrawing a preprint from a post-moderation service |