ChemRxiv

ChemRxiv
Type of site
Science
Available inEnglish
URLChemRxiv.org
CommercialNo
Launched2017
Current statusOnline

ChemRxiv (pronounced "chem archive"—the X represents the Greek letter chi [χ]) is an open access preprint archive for chemistry.[1] It is operated by the American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry[2] and German Chemical Society.[3][4] The new preprint server was announced already in 2016,[5][6] but was only opened online in 2017.[7] Initially, editors of ACS journals were skeptical and only 80% of the editors allowed submissions to be uploaded to the preprint server in 2017.[8] In 2019 the Chinese Chemical Society and the Chemical Society of Japan joined as co-owners of the preprint server.[9][10]

The initial reception of ChemRxiv was one of hesitation,[6] with several major journals of the founding organizations initially unsupportive: Angewandte Chemie gave support in March 2018[11] and JACS only gave support in August 2018.[12] However, ChemRxiv received more than 1,000 submissions in the first eighteen months.,[13] growing to 2,314 in 2019.[10] Like other preprint servers, it saw a surge in COVID-19 preprints in 2020.[14]

  1. ^ Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Debat, Humberto J.; Emmott, Edward; Burgess, Steven J.; Schwessinger, Benjamin; Hensel, Zach (21 February 2019). "On the value of preprints: An early career researcher perspective". PLOS Biology. 17 (2): e3000151. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3000151. PMC 6400415. PMID 30789895.
  2. ^ "Partnership with Leading Societies to Support ChemRxiv™". Royal Society of Chemistry.
  3. ^ Widener, Andrea. "ACS launches chemistry preprint server". Chemical & Engineering News. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  4. ^ "ChemRxiv About Page". Archived from the original on 2020-04-04. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  5. ^ Cressey, Daniel (11 August 2016). "Chemists to get their own preprint server". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature.2016.20409. S2CID 64289350.
  6. ^ a b Dijkgraaf, Arjen (11 August 2016). "Chemie krijgt eigen preprintserver | C2W". www.c2w.nl. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  7. ^ Trager, Rebecca. "ChemRxiv preprint server now online". Chemistry World.
  8. ^ Trager, Rebecca. "Preprint servers making waves in chemistry community". Chemistry World.
  9. ^ Trager, Rebecca. "China and Japan join ChemRxiv partnership". Chemistry World.
  10. ^ a b Coudert, François-Xavier (18 May 2020). "The rise of preprints in chemistry". Nature Chemistry. 12 (6): 499–502. Bibcode:2020NatCh..12..499C. doi:10.1038/s41557-020-0477-5. PMID 32424256.
  11. ^ @angew_chem (16 March 2018). "Editorial Board of @angew_chem, the flagship journal of the German Chemical Society (@GDCh_aktuell), passed a motion to allow posting of preprints on @ChemRxiv prior to submission of papers" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2018-03-16. Retrieved 20 June 2020 – via Twitter.
  12. ^ @J_A_C_S (19 August 2018). "JACS will now consider submissions of manuscripts previously posted as preprints on @ChemRxiv" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2018-08-20. Retrieved 20 June 2020 – via Twitter.
  13. ^ "Chemistry preprints pick up steam". Chemical & Engineering News.
  14. ^ Kwon, Diana (7 May 2020). "How swamped preprint servers are blocking bad coronavirus research". Nature. 581 (7807): 130–131. Bibcode:2020Natur.581..130K. doi:10.1038/d41586-020-01394-6. PMID 32382120.