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ArXiv receives multiyear commitments to support it as an independent nonprofit

311 points · 40 comments · JohnHammersley

perdy · 1790235825 · focus · HN ↗
Published there in August, from a company rather than a university. Without arXiv we'd have had a blog post and nothing citable.
1. flexagoon · 1790249176 · focus · HN ↗
  A blog post is just as "citable" as an arXiv preprint. There's no fundamental difference between them.
  1. emil-lp · 1790252968 · focus · HN ↗
    One is immutable with a DOI.
    wink · 1790342098 · focus · HN ↗
    Coincidentally I read this not too long ago: <a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/how-to-get-a-doi-for-your-blog-posts/" rel="nofollow">https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/how-to-get-a-doi-for-your-b...

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