IndiaRxiv (pronounced India Archive), a dedicated server to upload pre-prints of research, was relaunched on 24 February 2022.
Preprints are research papers that have not yet undergone a peer review. Global preprint servers such as arXiv (general) and bioRxiv (for life sciences) play a huge role in pushing the frontiers of scientific knowledge. “Now, Indian researchers can archive and distribute their first drafts of articles to receive early feedback from peers and improve them before submitting them to journals,” said Dr BNS Murthy, Director, ICAR-IIHR and President. “Scientists can share preprints immediately and need not wait too long to publish,” he added.
Features and benefits
- A one-stop portal for Indian researchers’ early stage works.
- Preprint server allows immediate sharing of research results and can provide quick feedback to help in the revision and preparation of a manuscript.
- A community of practice, Open Access India, manages the India Archive preprint repository.
Indonesia’s INA-Rxiv and Africa’s AfricArxiv served as an inspiration for the creation of IndiaRxiv. However, all such regional repositories could not pay hosting fees to COS, leading to the closing of INA-Rxiv, ArabXiv, and marine conservation server MarXiv in 2020. Geosciences server EarthArXiv reportedly left the COS’s platform due to the exorbitant hosting fee (USD 230,000/year).
