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Authorea vs Research Square

Who’s behind each, what their homepages track, what they cost and how often their policies changed, measured the same way for both. By what they offer, they’re very close.

Authorea

Authorea is a preprint server owned by Wiley where researchers post early-version research papers across disciplines. It started as an online collaborative tool for writing scientific documents and also hosts branded partner preprint archives.

Research Square

Research Square is a preprint server where researchers post moderated but not peer-reviewed manuscripts across scientific and medical fields. It also sells author services such as manuscript editing and research summary videos.

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