ChemRxiv

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ChemRxiv (pronounced "chem archive"—the X represents the Greek letter chi [χ]) is an open access preprint archive for chemistry.{{cite journal |last1=Sarabipour |first1=Sarvenaz |last2=Debat |first2=Humberto J. |last3=Emmott |first3=Edward |last4=Burgess |first4=Steven J. |last5=Schwessinger |first5=Benjamin |last6=Hensel |first6=Zach |title=On the value of preprints: An early career researcher perspective |journal=PLOS Biology |date=21 February 2019 |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=e3000151 |doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000151|pmid=30789895 |pmc=6400415 |doi-access=free }} It is operated by the American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry{{cite news |title=Partnership with Leading Societies to Support ChemRxiv™ |url=https://www.rsc.org/news-events/articles/2018/mar/partnership-supporting-chemrxiv/ |work=Royal Society of Chemistry}} and German Chemical Society.{{Cite web|url=http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/web/2016/08/ACS-launches-chemistry-preprint-server.html|title=ACS launches chemistry preprint server |work= Chemical & Engineering News|last=Widener|first=Andrea|access-date=2016-08-11}}{{Cite web|url=https://chemrxiv.org/f/about|title=ChemRxiv About Page|access-date=2019-02-28|archive-date=2020-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404122035/https://chemrxiv.org/f/about|url-status=dead}} The new preprint server was announced already in 2016,{{cite journal |last1=Cressey |first1=Daniel |title=Chemists to get their own preprint server |journal=Nature |date=11 August 2016 |doi=10.1038/nature.2016.20409|s2cid=64289350 }}{{cite news |last1=Dijkgraaf |first1=Arjen |title=Chemie krijgt eigen preprintserver {{!}} C2W |url=https://www.c2w.nl/nieuws/chemie-krijgt-eigen-preprintserver |accessdate=17 May 2020 |work=www.c2w.nl |date=11 August 2016}} but was only opened online in 2017.{{cite news |last1=Trager |first1=Rebecca |title=ChemRxiv preprint server now online |url=https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/chemrxiv-preprint-server-now-online/3007863.article |work=Chemistry World |language=en}} Initially, editors of ACS journals were skeptical and only 80% of the editors allowed submissions to be uploaded to the preprint server in 2017.{{cite news |last1=Trager |first1=Rebecca |title=Preprint servers making waves in chemistry community |url=https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/preprint-servers-making-waves-in-chemistry-community/3007888.article |work=Chemistry World |language=en}} In 2019 the Chinese Chemical Society and the Chemical Society of Japan joined as co-owners of the preprint server.{{cite news |last1=Trager |first1=Rebecca |title=China and Japan join ChemRxiv partnership |url=https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/china-and-japan-join-chemrxiv-partnership/3010896.article |work=Chemistry World |language=en}}{{cite journal |last1=Coudert |first1=François-Xavier |title=The rise of preprints in chemistry |journal=Nature Chemistry |date=18 May 2020 |volume=12 |issue=6 |pages=499–502 |doi=10.1038/s41557-020-0477-5|pmid=32424256 |bibcode=2020NatCh..12..499C |doi-access=free }}

The initial reception of ChemRxiv was one of hesitation, with several major journals of the founding organizations initially unsupportive: Angewandte Chemie gave support in March 2018{{cite tweet |user=angew_chem |number=974603394219462656 |title=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 |date=16 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316122219/https://twitter.com/angew_chem/status/974603394219462656 |archive-date=2018-03-16 |accessdate=20 June 2020}} and JACS only gave support in August 2018.{{cite tweet |user=J_A_C_S |number=1031300824889208833 |title=JACS will now consider submissions of manuscripts previously posted as preprints on @ChemRxiv |date=19 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820152244/https://twitter.com/J_A_C_S/status/1031300824889208833 |archive-date=2018-08-20 |accessdate=20 June 2020}} However, ChemRxiv received more than 1,000 submissions in the first eighteen months,{{cite news |title=Chemistry preprints pick up steam |url=https://cen.acs.org/acs-news/publishing/Chemistry-preprints-pick-steam/97/i3 |work=Chemical & Engineering News |language=en}}

growing to 2,314 in 2019. Like other preprint servers, it saw a surge in COVID-19 preprints in 2020.{{cite journal |last1=Kwon |first1=Diana |title=How swamped preprint servers are blocking bad coronavirus research |journal=Nature |date=7 May 2020 |volume=581 |issue=7807 |pages=130–131 |doi=10.1038/d41586-020-01394-6|pmid=32382120 |bibcode=2020Natur.581..130K |doi-access= }}