OSF Preprints can be created following the same upload process as other community preprint services. You can also find a comprehensive list of preprint servers¹ based on disciplinary scope that compares server policies across platforms.
¹ A systematic examination of preprint platforms for use in the medical and biomedical sciences setting. Jamie J Kirkham, Naomi Penfold, Fiona Murphy, Isabelle Boutron, John PA Ioannidis, Jessica K Polka, David Moher. bioRxiv 2020.04.27.063578; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.27.063578
Although DOIs are designated and administered by CrossRef, DOIs can also be done through OSF to publicly share projects. OSF Projects must be set to, Make Public to create a DOI.
DOIs for individual research products such as datasets, publications, and conference posters can be obtained by sharing materials on KiltHub, CMU's repository.
Share on Social Media: Share public projects, files, and registrations on social media to increase discoverability.
Generate Pre-formatted Citations for Bibliographies.
Tag Projects: The discoverability of projects are enhanced when adding tags (aka metadata) to your projects and components.
Create View-Only Link for Projects: Configure view-only links in either the "Contributors" or "Settings" tab of OSF projects. If projects are private, a view-only link offers a way to share the private contents with non-contributors by creating an anonymized view-only link to hide contributor names in the project - this is particularly useful in blinded peer review.
Fork Projects: Connect your project to other projects by forking a project. Forking will create a copy of an existing project and its components that points back to the original project, forming a network of citations.