Wiley has announced the launch of Research Exchange Preprints, a new platform designed to streamline the publication and discovery of early-stage research. The publisher also revealed that ChemRxiv, the chemical preprint server jointly owned by several leading chemical societies, has selected the platform as its technology provider.
ChemRxiv is jointly operated by the American Chemical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the German Chemical Society, the Chinese Chemical Society, and the Chemical Society of Japan. The service hosts tens of thousands of chemistry preprints and records millions of downloads worldwide.
Preprint platforms allow researchers to share findings publicly before formal peer review, enabling rapid dissemination of results, prioritizing discoveries, and gathering community feedback.
According to Wiley, ChemRxiv’s use of Research Exchange Preprints will provide researchers with a streamlined submission experience supported by intelligent file uploads, AI-powered metadata extraction, and tools designed to simplify preprint publishing. The platform also includes a version control system that allows researchers to collaboratively manage updates to their work, with dedicated DOIs assigned to each version.
“Together, ChemRxiv and Research Exchange Preprints will reduce friction for authors and support the kind of rapid knowledge exchange the research community needs,” said Julie Nash, vice president of business growth and development, publishing solutions at Wiley. “Through a modern publishing infrastructure, we will bring more findings to life, helping researchers share information more efficiently to drive advances in the chemical sciences.”
The new offering builds on Wiley’s existing Research Exchange platform, which the company says now supports more than 1,500 academic journals. The infrastructure also connects preprint publishing with article submission through the platform’s Under Review service, allowing authors to share work from the beginning while allowing readers to transparently track the peer review process.
Wiley said this integration allows researchers to establish the provenance of discoveries while maintaining the standards of traditional peer review.
“We selected Research Exchange Preprints because of Wiley’s focus on an improved experience for preprint authors and readers,” said Ben Mudrak, senior product manager at ChemRxiv. “The platform’s robust features, combined with future plans to generate full-text preprints, closely align with our goal of accelerating processes at ChemRxiv as it grows and our commitment to serving the chemistry research community with a next-generation preprint experience.”
Research Exchange Preprints also includes features such as customizable branding, dedicated domains, and editorial dashboards designed to provide real-time insights into submissions and content performance. Wiley said the platform is based on the Atypon Experience Platform, allowing for scalability and rapid deployment of new features based on feedback from the research community.