Research Square
Research Square is a multidisciplinary preprint website where researchers share early manuscripts, follow journal-integrated In Review workflows, and read preprints before peer-reviewed publication.
What Research Square is
Research Square is a website at researchsquare.com for sharing multidisciplinary research manuscripts as preprints. It lets authors make work visible before journal publication and lets readers discover early findings across many fields.
Preprints before peer review
A Research Square preprint is not the same thing as a peer-reviewed journal article. It can be useful for priority, feedback, visibility, and faster research communication, but it may later be revised, linked to a published article, withdrawn, or superseded by newer evidence. The right reading posture is open but careful.
Submitting a preprint
Research Square's help center explains that authors can submit through the website by using a Submit a Preprint workflow. The platform asks authors for manuscript information, files, author details, subject areas, and related metadata. Posting creates a public scholarly record, so authors should understand the platform's policies before submitting.
In Review workflows
Research Square is also known for In Review, a journal-integrated preprint and manuscript-tracking workflow. In that route, an author submitting to a participating journal may be offered a way to post the manuscript as a preprint on Research Square while journal editorial handling continues separately.
Moderation and visibility
The platform screens submissions before posting, but moderation is not a substitute for peer review. A visible preprint means the manuscript passed platform checks for posting; it does not mean that independent reviewers have validated the methods, evidence, interpretation, or conclusions.
Reading a Research Square record
A careful reader checks the title, authors, affiliations, posting date, DOI or citation details, version, abstract, figures, methods, data availability, ethics statements, and any links to a later journal article. Attention metrics or comments can signal interest, but they do not settle whether the research is reliable.
Company and services context
Research Square is part of a wider research-services environment that includes author services, editing, research promotion, video summaries, and publishing tools. That context matters because the public preprint website is only one part of the broader system authors may encounter.
Why it matters
Research Square matters because it sits between informal manuscript circulation and formal journal publication. It can make research visible earlier, help communities comment before publication, and connect journal submission workflows to public preprint records. The tradeoff is familiar across preprint culture: speed is useful only when review status stays clear.
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- Domain
- researchsquare.com
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- EuroDNS S.A.
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- July 14, 2008
- Updated
- August 9, 2024
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- Springer Nature B.V.
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