The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced its intention to form ChemRxiv, a chemistry preprint server for the global chemistry community, proposed as a collaborative undertaking that will facilitate the open dissemination of important scientific findings. The Society is presently in the process of inviting interested stakeholders to participate in helping to shape the service ahead of its anticipated launch.
According to Dr. Kevin Davies, Vice President within the ACS Publications Division, ChemRxiv is expected to follow the established models of arXiv in physics and bioRxiv in the life sciences by enabling researchers working across diverse areas of inquiry to share early results and data with their scientist-colleagues ahead of formal peer review and publication. Dr. Davies will be spearheading the effort as part of a joint undertaking with the Society's Chemical Abstracts Service.
From initial market research and expert feedback, including advice and encouragement from editors-in-chief of ACS Journals, the Society has identified broad support for the launch of a chemistry preprint server. Over the coming months, and in collaboration with potential partners, a full evaluation will be completed to ensure ChemRxiv supports the specific needs of the chemistry-research and publishing community.
The announcement of ChemRxiv precedes the upcoming ACS fall national meeting, which will be held in Philadelphia the week of August 21. Interested parties are invited to contact Kevin Davies, (k_davies@acs.org; 202-776-8217) to arrange exploratory meetings with ACS executives and to discuss the potential for collaboration on this venture.
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