XSci
XSci is a preprint platform that publishes AI and expert reviews alongside the papers they evaluate, making scientific scrutiny public and immediate. Authors post manuscripts for free with a DOI, choose from multiple named AI reviewer systems that produce reports within hours, and can optionally pay for human expert certification against target journals. The platform also runs an Open Review Competition offering 100 paid expert reviews and $500 awards for certified papers.
- Artificial Intelligence
- Content & Publishing
- Software Only
Funding
Founders
Founder details are not available yet.
Product
Problem
Science produces more papers than ever, but the peer review system remains as slow and private as it was in the 1950s. Review takes months, expert reports are locked away in editorial inboxes, and readers cannot see what careful reviewers found wrong with a paper. The gap between production and validation widens as AI accelerates writing far faster than human reading can keep up.
Solution
XSci is a preprint platform where reviews are published alongside the papers they evaluate. Authors post manuscripts instantly with a DOI for free, then select from multiple named AI review systems that produce public reports within hours. Expert certification is available as a separate paid layer, performed by qualified domain experts who judge whether the paper could be published in the author's target journals. AI reports and expert reviews are deliberately kept separate, with expert hours spent only on judgment rather than rehashing ground the AI already covered. Reviewers are selected transparently from authors cited in the paper and authors who published in target journals.
Target Audience
Primary users are academic researchers across all disciplines who want fast, transparent validation of their preprints, and authors seeking a credible certification badge for target journal submission.
Features
- Free, instant preprint posting with DOI and no exclusivity; papers remain submittable to any journal afterward
- Choice of multiple named AI reviewer systems from integrated providers, with each report labeled with the system that produced it
- Authors control publication of each report, with a discounted price for publishing reports publicly
- Paid expert certification that results in an "XSci Peer-Certified Preprint" badge with recorded manuscript version, target journals, and certified date
- Expert reviewers recruited from authors the paper cites, their co-authors, or authors who published in the paper's target journals
- Public, side-by-side comparison of different AI review systems' strengths and failures on the same papers