https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/scholarly-communication/ Recent content in Scholarly-Communication on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-09-self-hosted-preprint-repositories-osf-ops-eprints/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-09-self-hosted-preprint-repositories-osf-ops-eprints/ <p>The traditional academic publishing pipeline is slow, expensive, and gated behind paywalls. Preprint servers have emerged as a powerful alternative — letting researchers share findings immediately, before formal peer review, at zero cost to readers. While mega-servers like arXiv, bioRxiv, and SSRN dominate the landscape, there are compelling reasons to run your own institutional or community preprint repository. In this guide, we compare three open-source, self-hosted preprint platforms: <strong>OSF Preprints</strong>, <strong>Open Preprint Systems (OPS)</strong>, and <strong>EPrints</strong>.</p>