Web of Science (publons) Membership and Review Guide
Web of Science (publons) is a commercial website that provides a free service for academics to track, verify, and showcase their Peer-review and editorial contributions for academic journals. Publons produces a verified record of a person's review and editorial activity for journals, which can be downloaded to include in CVs, funding and job applications, and promotion and performance evaluations.
Your publications, citation metrics, peer reviews and journal editing work can be centralized in thePublons system and promote your science and academia internationally.
Publons is a service that allows researchers to track and recognize reviews made internationally. Thus, after registering the reviews in the Publons system, the number of reviews is stored and displayed separately in the Publons system by the names of the journal.
After review of an article, the reviewer in a scientific journal must perform the following steps in order to register her/ his reviews in the Publons system:
1- Registration in Publons: https://publons.com/about/home/
It is obvious, each of your review activities at Publons will enhance your scientific values and recognition in the global community.
What are the main advantages of a Publon profile?
Make your contributions visible
Platforms such as Publons give you a verified referee and journal editing profile, which you may use in your curriculum vitae and funding applications. For example, your profile may help you to be invited for joining a journal’s advisory board or to be recognised as an expert in your field.
Go from publication to impact
Furthermore these platforms show that you are an active member of the research community. The latter may become increasingly important, as major organisations – such as the San Francisco Declaration of Research Assessment (DORA), the Leiden Manifesto, and also VSNU, NWO, NFU and ZonMw – have been calling for a change in how institutes recognise and reward researchers, with a shift in emphasis from publications to impact. These developments align with worldwide discussions on ‘science in transition’ and the emergence of Open Science.
Work more efficient
The profile may also be helpful because it is easy to use and will save you time and effort. You can export your verified reviewer profile and use it as a proof of your service as a reviewer or editor.
Compare yourself to your peers
Furthermore, in Publons you can track metrics of your reviewing and editing activities, such as the number and length of your reviews. In this way you can compare yourself to others in your field and in your institution.