viXra
Type of site | Science |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Website | viXra.org |
| Commercial | No |
| Current status | Online |
viXra is an electronic e-print archive set up by independent physicist Philip Gibbs as an alternative to the dominant arXiv service operated by Cornell University.
Description
Although dominated by physics and mathematics submissions, viXra aims to cover topics across the whole scientific community. It accepts submissions without requiring authors to have an academic affiliation and without any threshold for quality.[1] The e-prints on viXra are grouped into seven broad categories: physics, mathematics, computational science, biology, chemistry, humanities, and other areas.[2] Anyone may post anything on viXra, though house rules do prohibit “vulgar, libellous [sic], plagiaristic or dangerously misleading” content.[3]
Gibbs' original motivation for starting the archive was to cater for researchers who believed that their preprints had been unfairly rejected or reclassified by the arXiv moderators.[4] As of 2013 it had already over 4000 preprints[5] and in October, 2016 the number had grown to 16,214.[6]
References
- ↑ "What’s arXiv spelled backwards? A new place to publish". Nature News Blog. 16 July 2009.
- ↑ "ViXra.org open e-print archive". viXra.org. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
- ↑ http://nautil.us/issue/41/selection/what-counts-as-science
- ↑ "Fledgling site challenges arXiv server". Physics World. 15 July 2009.
- ↑ Gibbs, Philip E. (2013), "A Good Year for viXra", Prespacetime Journal, 4 (1): 87–90.
- ↑ Official site (front page)