biorxiv.org
bioRxiv.org - the preprint server for Biology
Last scanned Jul 21, 2026, 11:40 AM · 1 view
Overall score
Great
Top issues to fix
8 issues found · 2 high priority
Missing Strict-Transport-Security header
SecurityAdd HSTS so browsers always use HTTPS — this closes the protocol-downgrade attack window.
Missing Content-Security-Policy header
SecurityAdd a CSP to control which sources can run scripts — the strongest single defense against XSS.
No structured data (JSON-LD) found
SEOAdd JSON-LD (Organization, Article, Product…) to become eligible for rich results.
Missing OpenGraph tags
SEOAdd og:title/og:description/og:image so shared links render a proper preview card.
robots.txt not found
SEOPublish /robots.txt with a Sitemap: directive to guide crawlers.
sitemap.xml not found
SEOPublish an XML sitemap and reference it from robots.txt to speed up page discovery.
+2 more issues — details in the sections below.
Summary
bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by openRxiv, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing scientific communication. This website uses Drupal behind Cloudflare CDN. SEO is good (75/100) and accessibility is good (85/100). Security scores good (80/100) and performance excellent (100/100). Top issue: No structured data (JSON-LD) found.
SEO
4 issue(s) found
Performance
338 ms
Security
HTTPS & header checks
Accessibility
1 issue(s) found
Meta tags
- Title
- bioRxiv.org - the preprint server for Biology
- Description
- bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by openRxiv, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing scientific communication
- Canonical
- https://www.biorxiv.org/
- Language
- en
- Charset
- utf-8
- Viewport
- width=device-width, initial-scale=1
- Robots meta
- Manifest
Technologies
Detected frameworks, languages, and tools.
Hosting & CDN
- Hosting provider
- —
- CDN provider
- Cloudflare
- IP address
- —
- ASN
- —
DNS records
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| A | — |
| AAAA | — |
| MX | — |
| TXT | — |
| NS | — |
| CAA | — |
| CNAME | — |
| IPv6 support | No |
TLS / SSL certificate
- Version
- TLS 1.3
- Issuer
- Google Trust Services
- Subject
- www.biorxiv.org
- Valid from
- Jul 3, 2026
- Valid to
- Oct 1, 2026
- Days until expiry
- 71
- SAN domains
- www.biorxiv.org, *.www.biorxiv.org
Security headers
- Strict-Transport-SecurityMissing
- Content-Security-PolicyMissing
- X-Frame-OptionsEnabled
- X-Content-Type-OptionsEnabled
- Referrer-PolicyMissing
- Permissions-PolicyMissing
Compression: gzip · 1 cookie(s) observed
Content & assets
Headings
H1 1 · H2 0 · H3 0
Links
34 internal · 0 external · 2 broken
Images
2 total · 1 missing alt
Scripts / Styles
14 scripts · 7 stylesheets
JS / CSS size
11.1 KB · 615 B
Page size
31.1 KB
Robots.txt & Sitemap
- robots.txt
- Not found
- Disallow rules
- 0
- sitemap.xml
- Not found
- URLs in sitemap
- 0
SEO issues
- No structured data (JSON-LD) found
- Missing OpenGraph tags
- robots.txt not found
- sitemap.xml not found
Accessibility issues
- More than 20% of images are missing alt text
Scan details
- Requested URL
- https://biorxiv.org
- Final URL
- https://www.biorxiv.org/
- HTTP status
- 200
- HTTP version
- HTTP/2
- Response time
- 338 ms
- HTML size
- 31.1 KB
- Redirect chain
- https://biorxiv.org → https://www.biorxiv.org/
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Frequently asked questions
- What technology does biorxiv.org use?
- biorxiv.org is built with Drupal, Google Analytics.
- Is biorxiv.org secure (HTTPS)?
- Yes. biorxiv.org uses TLS 1.3 with a certificate issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Oct 1, 2026.
- Who hosts biorxiv.org?
- Hosting provider information for biorxiv.org is not available yet.
- What is biorxiv.org's SEO score?
- biorxiv.org scored 75/100 for SEO in the latest analysis (fair).
- What is biorxiv.org's overall website score?
- biorxiv.org has an overall SiteGraph score of 85/100, combining SEO, performance, security, and accessibility.
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