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Publication growth a clear trend
The yearly articleproduction has doubledin the last 20 years*.
*Data from Web of Science Core Collection
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The consequence submission growth
The number of Scholaronesites receiving submission isincreasing.
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The consequence submission growth
*Data P&A Scholarone
The number of submission is increasing all around the world*.
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Reviewers
SELECTED INVITED AGREE COMPLETE
out of scope / other
don’t respond
decline
zzz
Pay me
I don’t evenunderstand
the abstract
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Reviewers Selected
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Reviewers Invited
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Reviewers Agreed or Assigned
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Reviewers Completed
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Reviewers
SELECTED INVITED AGREE COMPLETE
100 80 60 40
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Reviewers
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Reviewer job is typically not rewarded every year around the world…
7MPeer Reviews
35MHours1
3,125Average working days spent reviewing by an institution with 500 active researchers
50+Average hours spent reviewing
by one researcher
4MReviewers
$2.2BNUSD of unreported scholarly
output2
1. The STM Report: An overview of scientific and scholarly journal publishing, STM March 2015
2. The “Burden” of Peer Review, The Scholarly Kitchen
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A bad peer review may cause problems downstream
RETRACTIONS FRAUDULENT REVIEW RISKS
PREDATORY PUBLISHING
Peer review is an essential skill that is not being taught
TEACHING FACULTY Lack resources to teach peer review, or covertly share their own reviewing assignments — often in breach of journal review policies.
EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS
Want to review, but are notlearning how and struggle to beinvited by editors.
JOURNAL
EDITORS Spend millions of hoursstruggling to find peer reviewers.
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A brief history of Publons
2013
PUBLONS FOUNDED
Small team in Wellington,New Zealand launchPublons — a new profilefor researchers to tracktheir peer review andeditorial activity.
2015
FIRST PUBLISHER INTEGRATIONS
Publisher partnershipsallow automatic updatesto a researcher’s profilewhen a review isperformed. Publishersand journals get accessto a dashboard with toolsand insights.
JULY 2017
PUBLONS JOINS CLARIVATE ANALYTICS
Publons joins the homeof Web of Science,leading to new featuresbenefiting researchers,institutions, editors andpublishers.
MAY 2017
PUBLONS ACADEMY LAUNCHED
First free and practicalonline course trainingresearchers how to peerreview with the help of amentor.
SEPT. 2017
PUBLONS FOR INSTITUTIONS
PILOTED
First partnerships withuniversities to providereports on the peerreview and editorial worktheir researchers aredoing.
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Publons today
Researcher Profiles
PublonsAcademy
Reviewer Connect
Reviewer Recognition
Service
Publons For Institutions
REVIEWERS REVIEWS PARTNERED
PUBLISHERSINTEGRATED
JOURNALS
310k+ 1.7m+ 1,950+ 50+
Researcher Profiles
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Academics now use Publons to track their peer review work
310,000 profiles (March 2018)
Publons provides academics with ready-to-use evidence of the peer review andeditorial work they perform.
Free and easy to use.
• Track and showcase previously hidden peer review & editorial work for academic journals
• Link with ORCiD and ResearcherID
• Track Web of Science citations and Altmetric scores for papers authored, reviewed, or edited
• Manage peer review availability and invitations
• Comment on and assess published research
• Download a verified record of review and editorial work, for inclusion in CVs
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Keep track of your reviews with a few clicks
Automatically update your record thanks to integrations with over 1,950 journals
Reviewer invited
Decision
by editorPublication
Reviewer submits
Invitation accepted
Review complete
Yes
No
Publons opt-in
Publons checks for existing account. If none, invites reviewer to sign up
Publons automatically retrieves and transfers verified review details.
Profile updated with verified review record(No sensitive information is displayed)
Add this
review to
Publons?
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Simple to add records for non-partnered journals
We verify these recordsbehind the scenes and addthe records to your profile.• We verify these records behind the scenes and
add the records to your profile.
• Email review receipts(‘Thank you for reviewing emails)to [email protected]
• Manually enter review detailsfrom your private dashboard.
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What information is public?
By default, we only show the name of the journal reviewed for and the year the review was performed.
Where journal review policies permit, you can choose to sign your name to your reviews, show the title of the manuscript reviewed, and publish the content of the review.
No matter what settings are chosen, Publons never reveals information about a manuscript until the manuscript has been published.
Open reviews are linked to the article.
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Download your verified record, on-demand
Customize and download a verified record of your work as a reviewer
and editor for inclusion in:
• Performance appraisals
• Grant applications
• Tenure committee assessments
• International Visa applications
• CV / resume
• and more.
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Link with ORCiD and ResearcherID
From your profile settings:
• Export your verified review history to your ORCiD and import your publications to Publons to increase visibility of your work.
• Link your ResearcherID.
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Researcher ID integration
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Retrieve and showcase your awards
Download official certificates directly from your profile.
Publicly showcase your achievements from your profile.
Highly Cited Researchers
Publons Academy Mentors or Graduates
Top peer reviewers
The Publons Academy
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Publons AcademyEnabling researchers to teach and learn essential peer review skills
The Publons Academy is a online, practical, peer review training course for early-career researchers. It reduces the training burden
on supervisors and helps young researchers to:
• Gain confidence in the core competencies for peer review
• Hone their own academic writing skills to impress editors
• Build their profile as an expert in their field and advance their career
• Understand the peer review process
• Connect with journal editors to start reviewing immediately
Developed together with editors, the Academy is 10 modules of short videos, practice reviews, and one-on-one supervision.
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Publons AcademyBranded to your university
Build administrator-researcherrelations with a university-brandedversion of the course for yourresearchers. Our universitypartners receive:
• University co-branded version of the coursehosted on Publons
• Marketing support to increase uptake atyour university
• Progress statistics, insights, andcomparisons on dashboard
• All user support handled by Publons
Reviewer Connect (beta)Find, screen, and contact reviewers
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Reviewer ConnectFind, screen, and contact reviewers
310k+ reviewers1.6m+ reviewsReviewer profile and availability
7m+ authors (Web of Science)citations from Web of Science
FIND
SCREEN
CONNECT
Reliably contact prospective reviewersBy contacting reviewers via their Publons email address, invitations will be routed to the reviewer candidate preferred, verified, and current email address.
And rest assured, our system uses the latest technology to ensure full compliance with global data privacy regulations.
Comprehensive search parameters• Title• Abstract• Authors / applicants• Exclude researchers• (Journal)
Powerful and accurate searchOur powerful algorithm trawls the extensive Web of Science citation index and Publonsexclusive review database to return up to 30 precise recommendations from over 7 million authors.
360° view of reviewer candidatesWe surface more information to help our users choose the right review candidates to invite, including:• Publications matched to search• Publication, editorial, and review history• Research fields• Biography and institutional affiliations• Current availability to review
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Benefits of using Reviewer ConnectReduce administrative workload recruiting reviewers
Find available and motivated expert reviewers faster
Optimise the match between applications and the reviewers subject area and expertise
Screen who to invite using the rich profile of the reviewer candidates; help prevent potential reviewer fraud with more information to assess reviewer candidates
Expand pool of reviewers
More features on the roadmap
Conflict of interest flaggingCo-publications
Affiliation
FiltersCountry
AffiliationExpertise
Availability
IntegrationCustom integrations though Reviewer Connect API
Even richer researcher profilePublication record
Publons for Institutions
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Publons can help
Our services for universities give administrators the tools and data required to help academics use peer review to advance their careers, and provide immediate value.
It’s expected reviews will be acknwoledged as another valid metrics for evaluating people and their career progression.
Publons API
Link up the API to CRIS orprofile systems to get acomplete picture of academicesteem.
Publons Dashboard
We provide you the evidence andreports of peer review needed tostrengthen assessments.
Reviewer Profiles
We encourage and support academics to setup profiles they’ll use to demonstrate their expertise.
Reviewer Training
Good reviewers make goodresearchers. The Publons Academyenables your faculty to easily teachand learn essential peer reviewskills and showcase their expertiseto editors.
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Reviewer profiles
To help your researchers to use peer review to demonstrate their esteem in their field, we provide tools and marketing support to maximise uptake at your university.
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Publons Dashboard
Get an Easy Overview of the Stats of Your Institution’s Researchers
The dashboard enables university administrators to:
• Gain insight into the peer review activity at their university
• Track uptake in different subject areas
• Identify your top peer reviewers and journal editors
• Access reports and summaries for easy use in assessments and funding applications
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