The psychology preprint server.
At a Glance
| Publisher | the psychological science community (long hosted on OSF; note it has been transitioning hosting — verify current platform) |
| Coverage | preprints across psychology and behavioral science |
| Access | free |
| Regional | global. |
Our Take
PsyArXiv is where psychology’s move toward open, faster, more transparent science shows up first — a preprint server closely tied to the field’s reproducibility and preregistration culture, so it’s especially useful for catching methodological and replication work early. As with any preprint, content is unreviewed. Use it to track the psychology frontier and open-science practice; pair with PsycINFO for the peer-reviewed record and Sciety-style checks where available.
Power Tips
- Scan PsyArXiv for early psychology findings and replication/registered-report work, tiering confidence as with any preprint (Issue 4)
- anchor anything you’ll cite against the peer-reviewed version indexed in PsycINFO.
Alternatives & Complements
PsycINFO · OSF Preprints · SocArXiv · Semantic Scholar.
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