Open Access (OA)

What are preprints?

Preprint are what papers are called before they are peer reviewed or published.

It may be possible to obtain a preprint of a paper that one wishes to obtain by contacting the author of the article directly.

Search through multiple repositories at once (including arXiv, bioRxiv, etc.):

• https://osf.io/preprints/discover/

List of preprint repositories:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_preprint_repositories

Potential repositories of interest:

- arXiv (multidisciplinary repository with nearly 2 million articles):

• https://arxiv.org/

- bioRxiv (biology focused):

• https://biorxiv.org/

- medRxiv (medical research and health science focused):

• https://www.medrxiv.org/

- ChemRxiv (chemistry focused):

• https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/public-dashboard

- Preprints with The Lancet:

• https://www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en/the-lancet/