Peer-reviewed preprints
Upload your paper. We match it with the experts best placed to judge it, run a double-blind review, and once they sign off on your revision you publish it as a peer-reviewed preprint — in weeks, not months.
Free to upload · Pay only when reviews are delivered · Free to publish · You keep your copyright
Your paper, reviewed by the people who know the field
Methods now address the selection concern. Ready to publish.
Robustness table is convincing. Minor wording fixes only.
Why this exists
Researchers write the papers, review each other's work and serve on editorial boards for free — then wait months for a verdict that depends more on who reviewed the paper than on what it says.
How it works
Software does the legwork — reading the paper, finding reviewers, chasing replies. The judgment stays with human experts.
Drop a PDF or Word file. We read it and pull out the specific questions that need an expert eye. Free, and nothing is sent to anyone yet.
We search the global publication record for the researchers best placed to judge each question and show you an anonymized shortlist. Nothing reaches a reviewer without your approval.
Each reviewer gets a focused request anchored on the passages that matter, and comments directly on your paper. You and they stay anonymous to each other, so feedback stays candid.
Upload a revised version from your author space. The reviewers who read the first draft check it against their own comments and say whether it is ready.
Once enough reviewers endorse the revision — at least two, and none saying “not yet” — you get a Publish button. You decide if and when. It goes live on the Unjournal preprint journal, with its reviews alongside — and, like any preprint, the copyright stays with you.
A new kind of paper
A peer-reviewed preprint has been through real expert review and revision, without the year-long wait or the gatekeeping. Readers see the paper and the reviews behind it.
| Criterion | Preprint | Peer-reviewed preprint | Journal article |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reviewed by experts | No | Yes, double-blind | Yes, usually 2–3 |
| Time to publish | Days | Weeks | Months to years |
| Reviews visible to readers | — | Yes, published alongside | Rarely |
| Who decides to publish | You | You, once reviewers endorse | The editor |
| Cost to publish | Free | Free | Up to $11K in APCs |
| Copyright | Stays with you | Stays with you | Often transferred to the publisher |
For reviewers
If we contact you, it is because your own work sits right where a paper needs an expert opinion — and because its author asked for independent review.
You get the two or three questions that match your expertise, each pointing to the exact passage. Most take around fifteen minutes.
You never see who wrote the paper, and the author never sees who you are.
Highlight a passage and leave a note, or simply reply to the invitation email.
When the author revises, you check the new version against your own comments and say whether it is ready. Nothing is published over your “not yet”.
Pricing
No subscription, no article processing charge. You pay once for the review, and only when the reviews are in.
Free
See who we would invite before you commit to anything.
Pay on delivery
Nothing to pay upfront. You are charged once the reviews are delivered, with a money-back guarantee. Revision rounds are included.
Free
A public page for your peer-reviewed preprint and its reviews. You keep the copyright, as with any preprint.
Where this goes
Every submission enters an improvement loop with the experts who reviewed it. The review is a mentor, not a filter.
A review done once travels with the paper. Expert time is not thrown away every time a paper changes venue.
We are working on a time-locked review record: confidential while the review runs, open to anyone’s audit once the paper is out.
Upload your paper and see your reviewer shortlist today. It’s free until the reviews are in.