BioRxiv

bioRxiv
Type of site
Science
Available inEnglish
OwnerCold Spring Harbor Laboratory
URLbiorxiv.org
CommercialNo
LaunchedNovember 2013; 11 years ago (2013-11)
Current statusOnline

bioRxiv (pronounced "bio-archive"[1][2]) is an open access preprint repository for the biological sciences co-founded by John Inglis and Richard Sever in November 2013.[3][4] It is hosted by the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL).[5]

As preprints, papers hosted on bioRxiv are not peer-reviewed (though submissions may be undergoing peer review and peer reviews from other sources may be posted alongside preprints). However, all submissions undergo a basic scrutinization process, which includes safeguarding checks, an automated plagiarism screening and an assessment of appropriateness. Moreover, readers may post comments.

It has been measured that two thirds of the papers posted in bioRxiv are later published in peer-reviewed journals.[6] BioRxiv, and its sister site, medRxiv, have been major sources for the dissemination of COVID-19 research.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Advancing the sharing of research results for the life sciences". bioRxiv. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  2. ^ Sever, Richard; Roeder, Ted; Hindle, Samantha; Sussman, Linda; Black, Kevin-John; Argentine, Janet; Manos, Wayne; Inglis, John R. (November 6, 2019). "bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology". bioRxiv 10.1101/833400.
  3. ^ Callaway, Ewen (12 November 2013). "Preprints come to life". Nature. 503 (7475): 180. Bibcode:2013Natur.503..180C. doi:10.1038/503180a. PMID 24226869.
  4. ^ Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. "bioRxiv preprints can now be submitted directly to leading research journals". PhysOrg. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  5. ^ "About bioRxiv". bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
  6. ^ Abdill, Richard J (24 April 2019). "Meta-Research, Tracking the popularity and outcomes of all bioRxiv preprints". eLife. 8: e45133. doi:10.7554/eLife.45133. PMC 6510536. PMID 31017570. S2CID 129944106.
  7. ^ Yan, Wudan (2020-04-14). "Coronavirus Tests Science's Need for Speed Limits". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  8. ^ Koerth, Maggie (2021-07-08). "How Science Moved Beyond Peer Review During The Pandemic". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 2021-08-07.