Bio-protocol Preprint Repository provides a preprint server for research protocols in all areas of life sciences.

Please read the following guidelines before submitting your protocol to Bio-protocol Exchange.

Aims & scope: All protocol preprints, whether novel or basic, can be deposited in Bio-protocol Exchange, provided that they have been validated by the authors and are relevant to the life sciences.

Language: All protocols must be submitted in English to ensure accessibility to the international scientific community.

Format: Protocols can be submitted in any format; however, to enhance clarity and reusability, we encourage authors to submit a step-by-step protocol as described in our Preprint Protocol Preparation Guidelines. Click here to see an example.

Screening process: All protocols uploaded to Bio-protocol Exchange undergo a basic screening process for offensive and/or non-scientific content and for material that might pose a health or biosecurity risk. There is no peer-review process before the protocol is posted online.

Publishing Ethics: Bio-protocol Group reserves the right to identify and remove any protocols that contain significant plagiarism or research involving animal and/or human subjects in violation of Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments (ARRIVE).

Copyright: The copyright remains with the authors. All the authors have consented to is the protocol's deposition. There are two distribution/reuse options for authors to select: CC BY or CC BY-NC. For more information about these copyright options, click here.

Citation: Preprints can be cited using their digital object identifier (DOI). The DOI is citable and therefore cannot be removed.

Fee: There is no charge for depositing your protocol in Bio-protocol Exchange.

Registration: Authors are required to register an account before depositing a protocol in Bio-protocol Exchange.