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A not-for-profit open access multidisciplinary preprint platform. Research manuscripts from all fields immediately available. Supported by MDPI.

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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A peer-reviewed version of this preprint was published in Sustainability MDPI.
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Authors: Mustafa Mutahari, Nao Sugiki, Fumitaka Kurauchi and Kojiro Matsuo
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A #preprint develops a multi-layer Social Dynamics Simulation model that integrates physical accessibility, digital accessibility, and social networks to investigate urban accessibility and emerging behavioral patterns in changing urban environments. 👉 Full preprint: buff.ly/c0t8EJN #AcademicSky
Engineering  -   Civil Engineering

Integrated Accessibility and Service Substitution in Urban Systems: A Multi-Layer Simulation Approach

Mustafa Mutahari *, Nao Sugiki, Fumitaka Kurauchi and Kojiro Matsuo
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Prof. Ziniu Wu has also created a Reading List on Preprints.org to share his research on the Generalized Coordinate System and its applications to interdisciplinary research and communication. Explore his Reading List: www.preprints.org/reading-list...
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In the latest Researcher Voices, our Advisory Board member, Prof. Ziniu Wu of Tsinghua University, discusses the challenge of finding a best-fit home for interdisciplinary research and how preprints could better support it. 👉Read more: buff.ly/GHnJxf7 #OpenScience #AcademicSky #EducationalResearch
Preprints.org

Researcher Voices

Prof. Ziniu Wu
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In her presentation, “Preprints in the World of Scholarly Communication,” Melissa will explore the place of preprints within today’s evolving scholarly communication landscape.
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Melissa is the Scholarly Communications Librarian at Excelsior University, where she manages the open access publishing program and institutional repository. She was an ASAPbio Fellow in 2024 and Resident in 2025.
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We are delighted to welcome Melissa Chim to our upcoming webinar, “Toward a Faster and Open Future of Sharing: Lowering the Cost of Knowledge”. 📅 29 October 2026 🕗 08:00 am EDT | 01:00 pm CET | 08:00 pm CST (Asia) 👉 Register now: buff.ly/J4PNMAi #OpenScience #OAWeek #AcademicSky #EduSky
Preprints.org 2026 Webinars

Toward a Faster and Open Future of Sharing: Lowering the Cost of Knowledge
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A peer-reviewed version of this preprint was published in Environments MDPI.
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Author: Daniele Fattorini
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A #preprint provides an integrated synthesis of arsenic biogeochemical cycling across terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, emphasizing the central role of chemical speciation in controlling arsenic levels, mobility and bioavailability. 👉 Full preprint: buff.ly/Xw9Gqhf #AcademicSky
Environmental and Earth Sciences  -   Environmental Science

Arsenic Environmental Biogeochemistry

Daniele Fattorini *
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Author: Sharath Sathish
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A #preprint investigates jailbreaks and prompt injections in safety-aligned large language models through mechanistic interpretability and behavioural probing, examining how injected contexts affect refusal mechanisms and model output policies. 👉 Full preprint: buff.ly/2xJjP0q #AcademicSky
Computer Science and Mathematics  -   Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Refusal as a Broken Symmetry: Mechanistic Interpretability of Output-Policy Capture Across Jailbreak, Hypnosis, and Vaśīkaraṇa

Sharath Sathish *
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Host: - Dr. Ioana Craciun, scientific advisor at Preprints.org
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Speakers (2/2): - Carolina Tanigushi, SciELO Online platform coordinator - Dr. Martyn Rittman, program lead at Crossref
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Speakers (1/2): - Melissa Chim, scholarly communications librarian at Excelsior University and ASAPbio resident - Lloyd Shu, product manager of Preprints.org - Prof. Veronika Stoka, professor/PI at J. Stefan Institute
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Join our free webinar “Toward a Faster and Open Future of Sharing: Lowering the Cost of Knowledge” to explore more open and responsible research sharing. 📅 29 October 2026 🕗 08:00 am EDT | 01:00 pm CET | 08:00 pm CST (Asia) 👉 Register: buff.ly/J4PNMAi #AcademicSky #OpenScience #OAWeek
Preprints.org 2026 Webinar

Toward a Faster and Open Future of Sharing: Lowering the Cost of Knowledge
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Authors: Abadi Abraha Asgedom, Yohannes Yirga Kefela and Hailu Tkue Welu
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A #preprint formulates and analyzes a novel compartmental model to study the spatial dynamics of corruption, framed as a pathogenic social strategy within a biological resource-competition framework. 👉 Full preprint: buff.ly/7yiNp1f #AcademicSky #OpenScience
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Authors: Emile Ngabo, Eric Mugabo, Joselyne Tuyishimire, Theos Dieudonne Benimana, Fisseha Aberha Berehe, Amos Habimana and Erigene Rutayisire
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A #preprint investigates the relationship between household water treatment and childhood diarrhea in Rwanda using RDHS 2019–2020 data from 7,756 children under five. 👉 Full preprint: buff.ly/S0dics3 #AcademicSky #OpenScience
Public Health and Healthcare  -   Public Health and Health Services

Association Between Household Water Treatment Practices and Diarrhea Prevalence Among Under-Five Children in Rwanda: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study Using RDHS 2019–2020 Data

Emile Ngabo *, Eric Mugabo, Joselyne Tuyishimire, Theos Dieudonne Benimana, Fisseha Aberha Berehe, Amos Habimana and Erigene Rutayisire
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Authors: Ada Fang, Kevin Li, Ayush Noori, Lukas Fesser and Marinka Zitnik
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Researchers are exploring how to close the loop in AI-driven biomedical discovery, from generating hypotheses and selecting experiments to interpreting evidence and revising hypotheses. A #preprint examines verification, delayed feedback and human oversight. 🔗 buff.ly/3VGxDhq #AcademicSky #AI
Computer Science and Mathematics  -  Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Closing the Loop in AI-Driven Biomedical Discovery

Ada Fang, Kevin Li †, Ayush Noori †, Lukas Fesser † and Marinka Zitnik
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Shortlists for the other subject categories are also available now. 👇 Explore the shortlists and cast your vote! www.preprints.org/activity/awa...
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
You can cast up to three votes per day in each subject category and support the same preprint once per day.
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Engineering shortlist for the Popular Preprints of the Decade Award is open for voting. Explore the shortlist and vote for the preprints you believe deserve recognition as "popular preprints". 👉🔗 buff.ly/W0BrYGy #OpenScience
Popular Preprints of the Decade Award 2016-2026

Engineering

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📅 Voting period: 
September 1–November 30, 2026
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A peer-reviewed version of this preprint was published in Nutrients MDPI.
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Authors: Nisanur Turan, Berrak Dumlupınar, Hasret Gülüş Oymak, Rabia Ela Ertem, Bekir Kürşat Aydın, İrem Karamollaoğlu and Arda Ozturkcan
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A #preprint investigates the relationships between lifestyles, dietary habits, chronotype characteristics, physical activity levels, and eating behaviours among women with shift and fixed work schedules through a cross-sectional study in Istanbul. 👉 Full preprint: buff.ly/m97aC1Q #AcademicSky
Public Health and Healthcare  -   Other

Associations of Shift Work and Chronotype with Physical Activity and Eating Behaviors in Adult Women

Nisanur Turan, Berrak Dumlupınar *, Hasret Gülüş Oymak, Rabia Ela Ertem, Bekir Kürşat Aydın, İrem Karamollaoğlu and Arda Ozturkcan
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A peer-reviewed version of this preprint was published in Data MDPI.
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Authors: Rubén Pérez-Llorens @ruben-kona.bsky.social, Teresa Albero-Albero and Javier Silvestre-Blanes
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A #preprint presents RAW-FABRID (RAWFABricImageDataset), a publicly available annotated dataset for raw fabric defect detection using computer vision techniques. 👉 Full preprint: buff.ly/6MQ743Z #OpenScience #AcademicSky
Computer Science and Mathematics  -   Computer Vision and Graphics

A Dataset of Raw Fabric Grayscale Images for Defect Detection

Rubén Pérez-Llorens, Teresa Albero-Albero * and Javier Silvestre-Blanes
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Shortlists for the other subject categories are also available now. 👇 Explore the shortlists and cast your vote! 🔗 www.preprints.org/activity/awa...
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
You can cast up to three votes per day in each subject category and support the same preprint once per day.
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
As early adopters of #preprints, researchers in Computer Science and Mathematics have shared many interesting preprints over the past decade. Now it is time to recognize the most popular ones. 👉 View the shortlist and cast your votes: buff.ly/xTr9AUF #OpenScience #AcademicSky #EduSky
Popular Preprints of the Decade Award 2016-2026

Computer Science and Mathematics

Vote Now!

📅 Voting period: 
September 1–November 30, 2026
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Shortlists for the other subject categories are also available now. 👇 Explore the shortlists and cast your vote! 🔗 www.preprints.org/activity/awa...
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
You can cast up to three votes per day in each subject category and support the same preprint once per day.
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Chemistry and Materials Science shortlist is ready—and now the choice is yours. 👉 Discover the shortlist, revisit the ideas that have attracted attention over the past decade, and vote for your favorite preprints in the Popular Preprints of the Decade Award: 🔗 buff.ly/ajFHR4p #AcademicSky
Popular Preprints of the Decade Award 2016-2026

Chemistry and Materials Science

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📅 Voting period: 
September 1–November 30, 2026
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A peer-reviewed article of this preprint was published in Journal of International Development.
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Authors: Emmanuel Y. Gbolonyo, Isaac K. Ofori and Nathanael Ojong
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A #preprint examines 35 sub-Saharan African countries and finds that economic complexity boosts growth but doesn't promote green growth, as gains come with greater inequality and environmental costs, highlighting the need for complementary policies. 👉 Full preprint: buff.ly/hXrUCaF #AcademicSky
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A peer-reviewed article of this preprint was published in Brain Sciences MDPI.
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Author: Andrew M. Riggsby @antiquethought.bsky.social
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A #preprint challenges claims that Classical Mediterranean societies lacked survey-type cognitive maps by examining ancient Roman land-measurers’ verbal descriptions of plots and the spatial representations underlying them. 👉 Full preprint: buff.ly/tm8ytmR #AcademicSky
Social Sciences  -   Cognitive Science

Evidence for Cognitive Spatial Models from Ancient Roman Land-Measurement

Andrew M. Riggsby *
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You can cast up to 3 votes per day in each subject category. The 10 most-voted preprints in each subject category will receive the award, with the winners announced in December.
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Calling researchers and readers in Business, Economics and Management. Your votes can help select the most popular preprints of the past decade in this subject! 👉 Vote for your favorite preprint: buff.ly/NQc30bq #Preprints #OpenScience #Business #Economics #AcademicSky #Award
Popular Preprints of the Decade Award 2016-2026

Business, Economics and Management

Vote Now!

📅 Voting period: 
September 1–November 30, 2026
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Authors: Williams Balela Balela, Olivier Mpungi Konde, Sephora Mianda Mutombo, Erdi Can Aytar, Jean-Paul Ngbolua Koto-te-Nyiwa, Joseph Iteku Bekomo and Tania Bishola Tshitenge
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A #preprint investigates the antioxidant activity and phytochemical composition of two Central African medicinal plants and evaluates the in silico trypanocidal potential of their constituents against the mRNA-binding protein DRBD18 of Trypanosoma brucei. 👉 Full preprint: buff.ly/QGGp6nJ #PhDSky
Biology and Life Sciences  -   Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Antioxidant Activity, Phytochemical Profiling by UPLC-QTOF-MS, and In Silico Targeting of the RNA-Binding Protein DRBD18 of Trypanosoma brucei by Bioactive Compounds from Tetradenia riparia and Tetracera poggei

Williams Balela Balela, Olivier Mpungi Konde, Sephora Mianda Mutombo, Erdi Can Aytar, Jean-Paul Ngbolua Koto-te-Nyiwa, Joseph Iteku Bekomo and Tania Bishola Tshitenge *
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Shortlists for the other subject categories are also available now. 👇 Explore the shortlists and cast your vote! www.preprints.org/activity/awa...
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Preprints.org @preprints.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
You can cast up to 3 votes per day in each subject category. The 10 most-voted preprints in each subject category will receive the award, with the winners announced in December.
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