June 25, 2026
Faster, fuzzier article search
High-volume sites get a faster, fuzzy article search on its own database capacity and at-a-glance check summaries — alongside a batch of Reader rendering fixes.
Curvenote SCMS¶
Faster, fuzzier works search. The public works listing and search is now backed by a dedicated search index with full-text and fuzzy matching over accent-normalized titles, authors, DOIs, and affiliations. It runs on its own database connection pool, so search on a busy site no longer competes for capacity with the rest of the platform, and unfiltered browsing counts come straight from the index.
Fixes & polish. A GET to the login endpoint now returns a proper “method not allowed” instead of a server error; a cancelled works search releases its database connection immediately instead of running to completion; version tags on the work timeline stay stable through re-orders and re-extracts; and a terminally failed check can now surface a specific recovery hint.
Curvenote Reader¶
The shared rendering core shipped a batch of quality fixes:
Cleaner figure lightbox. Equation images are excluded from the figure gallery.
Reliable hash links. Anchored links now scroll correctly even from inside menus and popovers.
DOI-preferring citations. Citation links prefer a DOI when one is available.
Tidier document outline. Implicit front- and back-matter (abstract, data availability, acknowledgements) is no longer listed as headings in the on-page outline, and figure and equation numbering starts from the article body, not the abstract.
Smarter abbreviations. Abbreviations match on word boundaries (so
ABBRno longer matches insideABBReviated), and when several casings share one expansion the panel shows a single canonical entry.
openRxiv Labs — Curvenote Reader¶
The improvements below are live at openRxiv Labs, which uses Curvenote Reader for all bioRxiv and medRxiv content.
A smoother listing and search. The filter, sort, subject, and date controls at the site root stay live and stable while results load: filter chips and the search box reflect your pending choice immediately, and a loading indicator sits under the toolbar.
Cleaner articles. openRxiv inherits all of the shared-core wins above — including the tidier outline (no more stray “Data Availability” heading), the smarter abbreviation matching, DOI-preferring citations, and the lightbox fixes.