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Nonprofit advancing discovery through rapid, free sharing of scientific communications. New home of bioRxiv and medRxiv.

Results from a 2023 survey. N=4,042. Horizontal bar chart of percentage of respondents who value preprints for different reasons. Quality, Impact and Discoverability. To increase awareness of your research, 82%. To benefit science, 64.3%. To control when your research is available, 53.5%. To receive feedback, 37.8%. To increase awareness on social media, 32.5%. Credit and acknowledgement. To stake a priority claim, 55.5%. To cite your research in a grant proposal, 47.9%. To cite research progress in a job application, 30%. To cite your research in a tenure application, 12.8%. Recommendations. Principal/Senior Investigator's recommendation, 24.6%. Comply with funding agency's policy, 21.2%. Co-author recommendation, 15%. Other colleague's recommendation, 9.9%. Other, 5.8%.
Vertical bar plot of number of new papers and revised papers per year and per month from 2013 to 2025. New papers start around 100 per year in 2013-2014. They increase steadily to about 2500 in 2019, with a spike up to 3800 in 2020. They then decrease to about 3000 in 2022 and rise back up to 4000 in 2025. Revised papers follow a similar trend, with the peak to about 1200 in 2020 a decrease and then to 1500 in 2025.
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Demonstration of how to transfer your files to q.e.d. science from bioRxiv. Navigate to the external author services queue. Scroll down to select the preprint you would like to transfer. Type QED into the drop down field. Click the submit button. Click the confirmation button. q.e.d. Science will send a confirmation email outlining the next steps.
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7 Reasons to post a preprint 1 Accelerate science. Papers are rapidly online and freely accessible. 2 Retain control. Share your research fast when you want to 3 Get early recognition. Preprints get a DOI on posting and can be cited. 4 Advance your career. Cite your preprints in grant and job applications. 5 Improve your paper. Get feedback and update your preprint. 6 Build your community. Increase your network and collaboration. 7 Speed up journal submission. Easily transfer your manuscript to many journals. openRxiv
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Have questions about openRxiv? Check out the Q&A with our co-founders and Interim COO. Image of a laptop with the openRxiv website homepage shown. Website title is Communication at the speed of science. Cards with bioRxiv and medRxiv below. Read the blog below.