8 posts
By Jack Nash
16 April 2026
In August 2024, F1000 and the Gates Foundation launched VeriXiv, a revolutionary preprint server with enhanced prepublication checks to verify preprints before publication, seeking to address concerns about the research integrity of preprints, especially amid the growth of AI-generated content, whilst still enabling the rapid availability of research. In the following blog post, we reflect […]
By Jack Nash
11 July 2025
Earlier this year, we put together a list of common myths about preprinting in our blog post “Preprint and VeriXiv myths – part one”. In the following blog post, we continue to address some additional misconceptions surrounding VeriXiv, Author Eligibility, and the Peer Review process. Can only Gates Foundation-funded researchers publish on VeriXiv, and will […]
By Jack Nash
29 April 2025
VeriXiv is a preprint server exclusively for Gates Foundation-funded authors, supporting them in complying with the updated 2025 Gates Foundation Open Access policy. In this blog, we discuss the considerations you should make when submitting your work as a preprint to VeriXiv. Authorship and author affiliation Authors must be formally affiliated with an accredited institution […]
By Jack Nash
20 February 2025
If you’re new to preprints, you might struggle to separate the facts from the fiction to decide what is right for you and your research. In this blog post, we hope to answer your questions about preprints.
By Jack Nash
18 December 2024
Since its introduction in January 2015, the Gates Foundation Open Access policy has worked towards enabling unrestricted access and reuse of research funded by the foundation. On January 1st, 2025, the policy will be updated, working further towards the goals of the Foundation to make research as accessible as possible for all. In this blog, […]
By Jack Nash
30 August 2024
When it comes to the rapid dissemination of scientific knowledge, preprint servers play a vital role. They act as online repositories that store early versions of research, commonly known as “preprints”. Preprints offer authors the opportunity to publish preliminary versions of their work, allowing researchers to share their discoveries early on in their research journey and receive feedback prior to formal journal publication.
By Jack Nash
30 July 2024
How you submit your work to Gates Open Research is changing. From August 6th, 2024, research submitted to Gates Open Research will need to be published as a preprint on VeriXiv prior to publication. This will allow authors to comply with the updated Gates Foundation Open Access Policy that requires funded researchers to publish their […]
By Jack Nash
29 April 2024
In this blog, we will discuss the purpose of preprint servers, the challenges with preprint servers, and VeriXiv, a proprietary preprint server from F1000, for Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded researchers.