arxiv.org is not a peer-reviewed publication but an archive of scientific documents. Notably, it includes preprints, conference papers, and a fair bit of bachel

arxiv.org is not a peer-reviewed publication but an archive of scientific documents. Notably, it includes preprints, conference papers, and a fair bit of bachelor's and master's projects. The best way to use arxiv.org is to find a paper you want to read from a "real" publication and get the pdf from arxiv.org so you can read it without the publication subscription. That is not to say arxiv.org is all horseshit though. Plenty of good stuff gets added there; you just need to keep your bullshit radar active when reading. Even some stuff published in Nature or IEEE smells like unwashed feet once you read them, let alone what arxiv.org accepts. Good citation count and decent writing are often better indicators than a reputable publication.