arXiv’s moderation policy says authors can submit up to two submissions per calendar month, with a limit of three active submissions at the same time.
That language appears in the platform’s moderation page, where arXiv lays out the rules it uses before papers are publicly announced. In the section labeled “Submission rate,” arXiv says the two-per-month rule applies to each author, not just to an account or a single paper.
The same section adds an important qualifier: arXiv may request that a particular author further limit their submission rate. In other words, the posted limit is a general ceiling, but arXiv says it can ask for stricter limits in individual cases.
For researchers, the practical takeaway is pretty simple. The baseline policy described by arXiv is:
- up to two submissions per calendar month per author
- no more than three active submissions
- possible additional limits for a particular author if arXiv requests them
arXiv presents those terms as part of its broader moderation system, which it says is separate from peer review on journals or conferences. The page describes arXiv as a rapid-distribution forum for professional members of the scientific community and says all submissions are subject to moderation.
If you are trying to plan a batch of preprints, the catch is that “active submissions” and author-specific requests matter alongside the monthly cap. So the headline number is two per month, but the full policy is a little less plug-and-play than that.
