The OSF provides a general open preprint infrastructure that is connected to a range of preprint services. Importantly, it is not owned by a commercial publisher. It supports a number of discipline-specific preprint services many of which use the ArXiv name under licence.
The list of preprint services is growing over time. For further information go to: https://osf.io/preprints
In general, no matter what the discipline you can post to:
- OSF preprints https://osf.io/preprints/
However, the OSF supports the following discipline-specific preprint services. Presumably, if your preprint aligns with any of these disciplines, then you would be better off posting to them.
Psychological Sciences. PsyArXiv https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/
Social Sciences. SocARXIV https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv
Engineering. engrXiV https://osf.io/preprints/engrxiv
Agriculture and Allied Sciences. AgriXiv https://osf.io/preprints/agrixiv
More discipline-specific preprint services using the OSF framework are being added on a regular basis: https://cos.io/blog/public-goods-infrastructure-preprints-and-innovation-scholarly-communication/
Useful features of OSF-based preprint services
- Strategy for long term archiving
- Integration with Google Scholar
- Integration with OSF projects which allows you to link other materials such as data, code, and materials
- OSF is a not for profit entity run by academic researchers (contrast this with SSRN, Figshare, ResearchGate; i.e., no ads and goals aligned with academic community)
- The functionality of OSF preprints is improving on a regular basis. See features road map
- You can choose a licence
- You can link to the doi of the subsequently published manuscript.