General FAQ
Research
Research
Research
Research
Everything you need to know about what Expertini Research is, how it works, who it is for, and what it costs. If your question is not answered here, see the specific FAQ pages linked in the sidebar.
Expertini Research is a free, open-access preprint and working paper repository hosted at expertini.com/research. It is operated by Expertini, the global AI-powered job search and recruitment platform established in 2008.
The repository allows researchers, students, industry professionals, and independent scholars to publish research outputs — preprints, theses, conference papers, white papers, technical reports, and more — freely and immediately, without institutional gatekeeping or article processing charges.
Unlike traditional journal publishing, which can take 12–24 months from submission to publication, papers on Expertini Research go live within 24 hours. Every paper is indexed by Google Scholar using proper citation meta tags.
Reading is completely free and always will be. No registration, no subscription, no paywall — any paper on the platform is accessible to anyone with an internet connection.
Publishing is also free. There are no submission fees or article processing charges for standard open-access publication.
Optional paid upgrades exist for specific features: a registered DOI (from a recognised DOI registration agency), featured placement in browse results, and unlimited access to AI-powered tools. These cost $15–$25 as one-time fees and are not required for open-access publication.
Any researcher who produces genuine intellectual work can publish. We explicitly support four types of researchers:
We do not require institutional affiliation. A researcher in Karachi with no university email has the same standing as a professor at a Russell Group university.
No — not by default. All papers published on Expertini Research are non-peer-reviewed preprints unless they carry an explicit peer-reviewed label.
We display the review status of every paper prominently and clearly. We believe readers deserve to know what they are reading. A preprint is a contribution to an ongoing conversation — it may contain errors that formal peer review would catch, and it should be read accordingly.
The one exception: we accept the peer-reviewed label for papers that have been accepted by or published in a recognised industry-standard journal (Lancet, Nature, IEEE Transactions, Elsevier family journals, etc.). Authors confirm this status at submission. The responsibility for accuracy rests with them.
We host research across 19 disciplines — far broader than our recruitment technology origins:
This breadth is intentional. The most interesting research often happens at disciplinary intersections, and a repository that covers only one field cannot capture those connections.
No. Expertini Research (expertini.com/research) is a separate platform with a separate purpose. The main Expertini platform (expertini.com) is a global job search site serving 700,000+ monthly users across 251 country-specific domains.
Expertini Research was built by the same team and uses the same infrastructure, but it is editorially and operationally independent. Our publishing decisions are not influenced by the job search business.
No. We do not sell researcher or reader data to third parties.
The platform is funded by Expertini's core business.
All of these are open-access preprint repositories, and they serve similar purposes. The main differences are:
We do not position ourselves as a replacement for arXiv or bioRxiv in their core disciplines. We are a complement — particularly for researchers in AI, social sciences, and interdisciplinary work.
Browse the specific FAQ pages or contact us directly at research@expertini.com