Biorxiv
Worth it
Confidence: Medium
If you're a life-scientist, post here: it's free, citable, donor-funded, and the field standard for sharing early.
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Comparison
Biorxiv vs Authorea
Authorea
Starting report…
Pick Biorxiv when
- Biology researchers sharing results early
- Labs staking priority before journal submission
- AI and text-mining researchers needing open corpora
When Biorxiv is not a fit
- Anyone expecting peer-reviewed, validated findings
- Clinical decisions . preprints are unvetted
- Non-life-science fields (use arXiv)
- Buyers wanting vendor SLAs or support contracts
Sources
- bioRxiv FAQbiorxiv.orgofficial
- bioRxiv submission guidebiorxiv.orgofficial
- Machine access and TDM resourcesbiorxiv.orgofficial
- bioRxiv - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.orgnews
- bioRxiv and medRxiv move to new nonprofitscience.orgnews
- bioRxiv CZI fundingscience.orgnews
- How bioRxiv changed biology sharingnature.comnews
review
- Scooping risk after posting preprintsacademia.stackexchange.comreview
- XSS disclosure on submit.biorxiv.orgopenbugbounty.orgsecurity