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bioRxiv.org - the preprint server for Biology

Last scanned Jul 29, 2026, 4:00 PM · 11 views

85

Overall score

Great

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.

bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by openRxiv, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing scientific communication

Top issues to fix

8 issues found · 2 high priority

  • Missing Strict-Transport-Security header

    Security

    Add HSTS so browsers always use HTTPS — this closes the protocol-downgrade attack window.

  • Missing Content-Security-Policy header

    Security

    Add a CSP to control which sources can run scripts — the strongest single defense against XSS.

  • No structured data (JSON-LD) found

    SEO

    Add JSON-LD (Organization, Article, Product…) to become eligible for rich results.

  • Missing OpenGraph tags

    SEO

    Add og:title/og:description/og:image so shared links render a proper preview card.

  • robots.txt not found

    SEO

    Publish /robots.txt with a Sitemap: directive to guide crawlers.

  • sitemap.xml not found

    SEO

    Publish an XML sitemap and reference it from robots.txt to speed up page discovery.

+2 more issues — details in the sections below.

75

SEO

4 issue(s) found

100

Performance

205 ms

80

Security

HTTPS & header checks

85

Accessibility

1 issue(s) found

Score history

0 overall since Jul 21, 2026

Overall
85
SEO
75
Security
80
Performance
100
Accessibility
85

Organization

Company details published in this site's own structured data.

bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by openRxiv, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing scientific communication

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

OpenGraph & Twitter Card

OpenGraph

og:title
og:description
og:type
og:url

Twitter Card

twitter:card
summary
twitter:title
bioRxiv
twitter:description
Welcome to the bioRxiv homepage.

Technologies

Detected frameworks, languages, and tools.

Hosting & CDN

Hosting provider
CDN provider
Cloudflare
IP address
ASN

DNS records

TypeValue
A
AAAA
MX
TXT
NS
CAA
CNAME
IPv6 supportNo

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
63
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 · 20 broken

Images

2 total · 1 missing alt

Scripts / Styles

14 scripts · 7 stylesheets

JS / CSS size

11.0 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
205 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.
Has biorxiv.org's score changed over time?
biorxiv.org's overall score has stayed steady at 85/100 since Jul 21, 2026.