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At Preprints.org, we’re committed to accelerating research and making science more open and collaborative. We’re excited to announce our deepened partnership with PREreview, a nonprofit dedicated to equity and transparency in research feedback. This integration seamlessly connects PREreview’s community-driven review portal with Preprints.org, enabling researchers to request and receive expert feedback efficiently.

Together, we aim to enrich the feedback loop for scholarly work and drive impactful change across the global research community.

Empowering Researchers Through Open Feedback

This partnership puts researchers first. Here’s what you can expect:

• Expert Insights Early:

Access expert feedback during the early stages of your research process, allowing you to refine your work before formal submission—accelerating improvements and fostering innovation.

• Global Community Engagement:

Connect with PREreview’s diverse network of reviewers for rapid insights that bypass delays in traditional peer review.

• Enhanced Academic Visibility

Play a pivotal role in advancing open science by using your expertise to support fellow researchers. Every review receives a DOI and can be linked to your ORCID profile, ensuring proper credit for your contributions.

• Simplified Workflow:

Enjoy a simplified workflow—from preprint submission to receiving community feedback—backed by the COAR Notify protocol for seamless notifications.

This integration bridges the gap between sharing your work and improving it, all within a supportive, open framework.

How It Works: Feedback in Three Simple Steps

1. Submit Your Preprint: Upload your manuscript on Preprints.org.
2. Click “PREreview Request”: Once your preprint is online, click the “PREreview Request” button.
3. Get Notified: Receive an email notification as soon as feedback is available.

Note: Feedback timing varies with community participation, but any feedback provided will be promptly delivered to your inbox.

Powered by the COAR Notify protocol, this feature ensures smooth communication. All PREreviews are published via Zenodo with a DOI and CC BY 4.0 license, making them citable contributions.

Voices from Us: A Shared Vision for Open Science

Our teams at Preprints.org and PREreview share a common vision for advancing open science:

Lloyd Shu, the Product Manager of Preprints.org:

“Open platforms are the foundation of scientific progress. Partnering with PREreview amplifies our commitment to transparent, inclusive collaboration—ensuring feedback reaches authors faster and fosters innovation.”

Daniela Saderi, PhD, Co-founder and Executive Director of PREreview:

“We build human-centric workflows to make peer feedback kinder and more constructive. Connecting Preprints.org authors with our global network accelerates open dialogue, where diverse expertise—not just credentials—shapes impactful research.”

Elevating Research Through Community-Driven Feedback

PREreview empowers anyone with an ORCID iD to provide structured or full-length reviews, covering 29 preprints servers, including Preprints.org. Reviews can be shared openly under real or pseudonymous identities. Authors gain insights from interdisciplinary perspectives, while reviewers contribute to a culture of open scientific communication.

Key features include:

• Searchable Feedback: Filter requests for feedback by research field and/or language on PREreview website.
• 360-Degree Feedback: Allow authors and reviewers to comment on or respond to any given PREreview.
• Real-Time Collaboration: Join PREreview’s Slack Community (#request-a-review channel) to get real-time updates on preprints in need of feedback, ask questions, and find opportunities to collaborate.

As Daniela Saderi explains:

“Preprints provide a unique opportunity for real-time feedback, accelerating the research process by bypassing delays in traditional peer review. Surveys show that researchers value feedback on preprints, and initiatives supporting preprint review are growing.”

“At PREreview, we believe that everyone has valuable insights to offer through their expertise and experience. In academia, expertise is too often measured narrowly—typically by credentials, institutional affiliations, or publication records—overlooking the diverse perspectives, lived experiences, and interdisciplinary knowledge that can enrich research, foster innovation, and drive more inclusive and impactful scientific progress.”—  Daniela Saderi

Ready to strengthen your research?

Submit your work on Preprints.org, request a PREreview feedback today and experience firsthand the power of community-driven feedback.

And Start Reviewing Preprints Today to help shape groundbreaking research and support a future where every scholarly work is enriched by constructive insights.

Connect with us today! Simply follow us on Bluesky at @preprints.bsky.social and use the hashtag #preprints in your posts to jump into the conversation. Join our growing community and be part of the conversation shaping the future of open science!

We are thrilled to announce that Preprints.org has reached an impressive milestone of 80,000 posted preprints, highlighted by the release of the paper titled Role of DHA in a Physicochemical Study of a Model Membrane of Grey Matter, authored by Dr. Victor Ezequiel Cuenca, Viviana Isabel Pedroni, and Marcela Ana Morini from the Universidad Nacional del Sur. This achievement marks a significant step in our mission to facilitate rapid dissemination of knowledge and foster collaboration within the global research community.

As we celebrate this accomplishment, we extend our gratitude to our contributors who have chosen Preprints.org as their platform for sharing groundbreaking research. Your involvement has enriched the academic landscape and significantly advanced the principles of open science and accessibility.

We also wish to express our sincere appreciation to our Advisory Board Members and screeners for their unwavering support and guidance. Your expertise and dedication have been instrumental in maintaining the quality of the preprints hosted on our platform. Together, we have created a vibrant environment where researchers can freely share their findings and engage in meaningful discourse.

Looking ahead, we remain committed to enhancing the user experience and expanding our services. We encourage researchers from all disciplines to continue utilizing Preprints.org to disseminate their work, give feedback, and establish their research’s priority.

Thank you for being part of this journey with us. Here’s to many more milestones ahead in the realm of open research!

Preprints.org is thrilled to announce a significant milestone in its journey towards advancing open science in 2024. As of today, we have posted our 10,000^th preprint this year, entitled “In Silico Electrophysiological Investigation of Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin-4 Ion Channel Biophysics to Study Detrusor Overactivity” by Dr Chitaranjan Mahapatra and Dr. Ravindra Thakker.

Reaching 10,000 preprints in less than half a year highlights the vibrant and diverse research community that supports Preprints.org. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the researchers, authors, advisory board members, screeners and readers who have contributed to the success of Preprints.org.

This achievement underscores our commitment to fostering global knowledge sharing and scientific collaborations. Since our inception, we have been dedicated to providing researchers with a free and open platform via which to rapidly share their early findings. We will continue to explore ways to enhance the user experience and expand our reach to new communities in the future.

Join us in celebrating the 10,000 preprints posted on Preprints.org this year by exploring the most viewed preprints in 2024 here. Embrace a future of open and collaborative science with us!

We are pleased to announce that the voting period for the “Preprints.org 2023 Most Popular Preprints Award” has now come to an end, and the final results are in! The esteemed recognition has been conferred upon a total of 16 preprints, acknowledged for accruing the highest votes in their respective subject categories. Congratulations to all the awarded scholars for their exceptional contributions! For detailed information about the winners, please visit https://www.preprints.org/activity/award/announcement.

A big thank you to everyone who followed and participated in this award. Your active involvement and invaluable contributions to the academic community through Preprints.org are deeply appreciated. To those whose preprints were not selected this time around, please continue to share your remarkable work on Preprints.org. Let’s keep your research visible and accessible! We eagerly anticipate your continued participation in our future activities.

Additionally, we want to express our sincere gratitude to the Electoral Committee members for their dedication and expertise in evaluating the preprints. Your diligent efforts were pivotal to the success of this exciting event.

Please join us in celebrating the winners of the “Preprints.org 2023 Most Popular Preprints Award”. We encourage all scholars to share this exciting news on social media and tag the official account of Preprints.org (LinkedIn and Twitter) to highlight the excellence of preprint research.

We eagerly anticipate collaborating on more activities in the future and continuing to contribute to the academic community by disseminating early research outputs across all fields.

We are delighted to announce a significant achievement: Preprints.org has reached a remarkable milestone with the posting of its 60,000^th preprint, titled “Vegetable Extracts as Therapeutic Agents: A Comprehensive Exploration of Anti-Allergic Effects” and authored by Dr. Kazuhito Takemoto et al. This accomplishment highlights the great efforts and contributions of Preprints.org in accelerating knowledge sharing and advancing scientific progress.

In conjunction with this milestone, Preprints.org has garnered an impressive 15,363,690 page views and engaged with 219,430 unique authors. These remarkable statistics reflect the trust and recognition that Preprints.org has earned as an essential resource for researchers worldwide to share their scientific breakthroughs, ideas, and discoveries over the years. As we embark on a new year in 2024, the Preprints.org team extends its heartfelt gratitude to all users, Advisory Board members, screeners, and researchers who have supported the platform throughout its journey.

Looking ahead, Preprints.org remains committed to facilitating the swift dissemination of early research outputs from all fields. In collaboration with the scientific community, we aspire to create a vibrant academic landscape, ushering in a new era of exploration and knowledge dissemination.