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]

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References

  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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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 (March 16, 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 (August 19, 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.
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