Sites like bioRxiv

01 · Entity

About bioRxiv

bioRxiv biorxiv.org

bioRxiv.org - the preprint server for Biology

bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by openRxiv, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing scientific communication

Wikidata: preprint service

Top 10K · #4,486 English 11 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026

Visit bioRxiv

Summary by Claude

bioRxiv is a free open access server where researchers post and read preprints, research manuscripts in the biological sciences shared before peer review. It is run by the nonprofit openRxiv.

Who it’s for

Biologists and life science researchers

Business model

Nonprofit, grant and philanthropic funding

• preprint server
• biology preprints
• open access manuscripts
• neuroscience preprints
• genomics papers
• bioinformatics research
• pre-peer-review publishing
• subject collections

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to bioRxiv’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

1. 01
   medRxiv medrxiv.org Top 10K English

   medRxiv.org - the preprint server for Health Sciences

   medRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by openRxiv, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing scientific communication

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   0 say medRxiv is a good alternative to bioRxiv 0 say medRxiv isn’t a real alternative to bioRxiv

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   Very close cos 0.943
2. 02
   OSF osf.io Top 10K English

   OSF

   tools that make open science practice easier

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   • Mailchimp Transactional

   0 say OSF is a good alternative to bioRxiv 0 say OSF isn’t a real alternative to bioRxiv

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   Very close cos 0.918
3. 03
   arXiv arxiv.org Top 1K English

   arXiv.org e-Print archive

   online digital archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers

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   • Google Cloud DNS
   • Google Workspace
   • Mailchimp

   0 say arXiv is a good alternative to bioRxiv 0 say arXiv isn’t a real alternative to bioRxiv

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   Very close cos 0.914
4. 04
   Europe PubMed Central europepmc.org Top 10K English

   database of biomedical research

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   0 say Europe PubMed Central is a good alternative to bioRxiv 0 say Europe PubMed Central isn’t a real alternative to bioRxiv

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   Very close cos 0.909
5. 05
   SSRN ssrn.com Top 10K

   Content Blocked

   online digital archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers and related content

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   • Microsoft 365
   • Adobe
   • Amazon SES
   • Atlassian

   0 say SSRN is a good alternative to bioRxiv 0 say SSRN isn’t a real alternative to bioRxiv

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   Very close cos 0.905
6. 06
   Zenodo zenodo.org Top 10K English

   Zenodo

   research data repository

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   • Matomo
   • nginx

   0 say Zenodo is a good alternative to bioRxiv 0 say Zenodo isn’t a real alternative to bioRxiv

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7. 07
   Cell cell.com Top 10K English

   scientific journal

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   0 say Cell is a good alternative to bioRxiv 0 say Cell isn’t a real alternative to bioRxiv

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   Close cos 0.890
8. 08
   ResearchGate researchgate.net Top 1K English

   ResearchGate - Temporarily Unavailable

   commercial scientific social network

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   0 say ResearchGate is a good alternative to bioRxiv 0 say ResearchGate isn’t a real alternative to bioRxiv

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9. 09
   Zotero zotero.org Top 10K English

   Zotero | Your personal research assistant

   Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.

   • Microsoft 365
   • Amazon SES
   • Apache HTTP Server
   • Amazon CloudFront
   • Amazon Route 53

   0 say Zotero is a good alternative to bioRxiv 0 say Zotero isn’t a real alternative to bioRxiv

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   Close cos 0.885
10. 10
    ScienceDirect sciencedirect.com Top 1K English

    ScienceDirect

    journal

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11. 11
    frontiersin.org Top 1K English

    Frontiers | Publisher of peer-reviewed articles in open access journals

    Open access publisher of peer-reviewed scientific articles across the entire spectrum of academia. Research network for academics to stay up-to-date with the latest scientific publications, events, blogs and news.

    • Google Search Console
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    0 say frontiersin.org is a good alternative to bioRxiv 0 say frontiersin.org isn’t a real alternative to bioRxiv

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12. 12
    Nature nature.com Top 1K English

    Nature

    First published in 1869, Nature is the world’s leading multidisciplinary science journal. Nature publishes the finest peer-reviewed research that drives ground-breaking discovery, and is read by thought-leaders and decision-makers around the world.

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    0 say Nature is a good alternative to bioRxiv 0 say Nature isn’t a real alternative to bioRxiv

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    Close cos 0.884
13. 13
    PLOS plos.org Top 10K English

    Leading the future of open science publishing - PLOS

    Discover how we are transforming scholarly publishing with a mission-driven commitment to open science, research integrity, and innovation that benefits researchers, institutions, and society worldwide.

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    0 say PLOS is a good alternative to bioRxiv 0 say PLOS isn’t a real alternative to bioRxiv

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14. 14
    Science science.org Top 10K English

    academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

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    0 say Science is a good alternative to bioRxiv 0 say Science isn’t a real alternative to bioRxiv

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    Close cos 0.881
15. 15
    7-Zip 7-zip.org Top 10K

    7-Zip

    open-source file archiver and extractor

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    0 say 7-Zip is a good alternative to bioRxiv 0 say 7-Zip isn’t a real alternative to bioRxiv

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16. 16
    SciELO Brasil scielo.br Top 10K English

    Brazil

    digital library

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    0 say SciELO Brasil is a good alternative to bioRxiv 0 say SciELO Brasil isn’t a real alternative to bioRxiv

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17. 17
    iNaturalist inaturalist.org Top 10K English

    A Community for Naturalists · iNaturalist

    iNaturalist is a social network for naturalists! Record your observations of plants and animals, share them with friends and researchers, and learn about the natural world.

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    0 say iNaturalist is a good alternative to bioRxiv 0 say iNaturalist isn’t a real alternative to bioRxiv

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18. 18
    EurekAlert! eurekalert.org Top 10K English

    EurekAlert! Science News Releases

    EurekAlert! is an online science news service featuring health, medicine, science and technology news from leading research institutions and universities. Sponsored by AAAS, the science society.

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    0 say EurekAlert! is a good alternative to bioRxiv 0 say EurekAlert! isn’t a real alternative to bioRxiv

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19. 19
    NLnet Labs nlnetlabs.nl Top 10K English

    NLnet Labs - Home

    Research & Development, Internet architecture, DNS, Routing, Stability and Security.

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    0 say NLnet Labs is a good alternative to bioRxiv 0 say NLnet Labs isn’t a real alternative to bioRxiv

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20. 20
    Our World in Data ourworldindata.org Top 10K English

    Our World in Data

    Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems.

    • Cloudflare
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    0 say Our World in Data is a good alternative to bioRxiv 0 say Our World in Data isn’t a real alternative to bioRxiv

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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to biorxiv.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones bioRxiv uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What bioRxiv is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.