AfricArXiv is an
open-access repository An open repository or open-access repository is a digital platform that holds research output and provides free, immediate and permanent access to research results for anyone to use, download and distribute. To facilitate open access such repositori ...
for
preprints
In academic publishing, a preprint is a version of a scholarly or scientific paper that precedes formal peer review and publication in a peer-reviewed scholarly or scientific journal. The preprint may be available, often as a non-typeset version ...
of academic publications which are either about Africa or by African scientists.
The platform was established in 2018.
It was established to make preprint servers more available in various fields and regions. Its establishment happen during trends to provide more digital services to support science in Africa.
From its founding the platform welcomed publications in any African language.
In July 2020 the platform began hosting audio and video files.
The
Center for Open Science
The Center for Open Science is a non-profit technology organization based in Charlottesville, Virginia with a mission to "increase the openness, integrity, and reproducibility of scientific research." Brian Nosek and Jeffrey Spies founded the o ...
hosts the platform.
The cost of operating the servers is significant and that organization takes a fee to cover its costs.
Preprints can be submitted to AfricArXiv via
ScienceOpen
ScienceOpen is a website. It is freely accessible for all and offers hosting and promotional services within the platform for publishers and institutes. The organization is based in Berlin and has a technical office in Boston. It is a member of C ...
. Users need to have a verified
ORCID
The ORCID (; Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a nonproprietary alphanumeric code to uniquely identify authors and contributors of scholarly communication as well as ORCID's website and services to look up authors and their bibliographic ...
digital identifier and should include in their
manuscripts a short summary translation in a traditional African language. After a member of the AfricArXiv team has checked the submission for formal criteria and approved the manuscript, it will be posted with a
Crossref DOI and
CC BY 4.0 attribution license.
See also
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List of preprint repositories
This is a list of preprint repositories.
List
See also
* List of academic journals by preprint policy This is a list of Academic publishing, publishers of academic journals by their submission policies regarding the use of preprints prior t ...
References
Further consideration
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External links
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Eprint archives
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Internet properties established in 2018
2018 establishments in Africa