CarbonPlan has launched CDRXIV (pronounced “see-dee-archive”), a new online platform for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) research.
This new offering unites under one roof CDR studies originating from both academic and non-academic sources working on advancing this decarbonization field.
Presented as a repository for preprints and data related to carbon dioxide removal, this open-access platform enables the sharing and discovering of research work done on any CDR discipline.
The CDR field is constantly working on refining existing and identifying new technologies and approaches that would enable the delivery of gigaton-levels of carbon removal by 2050.
In this dynamic landscape, the CarbonPlan repository offers a valuable tool that summarizes the progress made so far, painting a clearer picture of what is currently available and providing a path for new relevant research to reach a wider audience without the burden of conventionally lengthy administrative timeframes.
CDRXIV was designed following the blueprint of archives like bioRxiv and arXiv, which allow researchers to publish their work in preprint form before receiving peer review.
In that sense, CDRXIV welcomes publications from anyone generating new research results on carbon dioxide removal.
On its end, the platform will perform a light screening process (not to be confused with peer review) for every submission to make sure it presents new research information, is useful to the field, and aligns with the platform’s purpose.
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CarbonPlan has appointed a dedicated CDRXIV content team that has a three-day window to review a submission and decide whether it will be directly published or it will need further details from the author.
Once accepted for publishing, the CDR research work will receive a digital object identifier (DOI), and it will be posted publicly. Designed to support version control, the CDRXIV platform will let authors revise and update their submission at any time following the publication.
The platform has clarified that if a research work published on CDRXIV also gets published in an academic journal that might only offer the research work in paid view, the version submitted to CDRXIV will continue to be publicly available with free access.
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