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Publons has recently been rebranded as the Web of Science Reviewer Recognition Service during its integration with the Web of Science. 

Cambridge University Press has created a guide to Publons to explain what it is and the benefits of using it as a reviewer. Below is some information from within, but please click the cover image to view the full guide. 

Peer review is a fundamental part of scholarly publishing. Peer reviewers provide the specialist commentary that guides our editorial decisions, and helps academic authors to raise the quality of their work. In recent years, the academic community has increasingly discussed ways in which these major contributions to the academic corpus can be recognised. 

Cambridge has partnered with the Web of Science to give you official recognition for your contribution to peer review. This partnership means you can opt-in to have your reviews for participating Cambridge University Press journals automatically added to your Web of Science researcher profile. 

36,550 Cambridge University Press reviewers have already added 108,278 of their reviews to the Web of Science.

A guide to publons

What is a Web of Science Researcher Profile?

The Web of Science's researcher profile helps you to record, verify, and showcase your peer review contributions for use in promotion applications. You get recognition even if your reviews are anonymous and the manuscript is never published. When you submit a review to a partner journal, you will be given the option to get recognition for your review on the Web of Science. You will be directed to the Web of Science to create a profile to which your review is added, and can elect to have all future reviews performed for the journal automatically added to your profile.

Take a look at a Web of Science researcher profile if you want to learn more. If you'd like to get a head start on your reviewer profile, create an account now (it's free).

The Web of Science Reviewer Recognition Service gives recognition for peer review without compromising reviewer anonymity or infringing upon journal policies. By default, the content of the review will not be publicly displayed, and only the year of the review and the journal title will be shown on reviewer profiles. You may edit what is displayed for any review or opt out of the service at any time.

CUP Journals integrated with the Web of Science Reviewer Recognition Service

The majority of Cambridge's ScholarOne titles are integrated with the Web of Science Reviewer Recognition Service alongside a select number of journals using Editorial Manager. 

When reviewing for an integrated journal:

  • You will be asked if you want to get recognition for it on the Web of Science
  • Once your review is completed you will receive an email with a private link to claim your review
  • Follow the link to add your review to your researcher profile


What are the benefits?

The Web of Science provides a free way for you to track, verify and showcase your peer review activities, creating an online record of your contributions in this area. This can be used as evidence of your disciplinary expertise in job applications, performance evaluations and funding applications. By partnering with the Web of Science, Cambridge is providing a quick and easy way of linking the reviews you do for us to your researcher profile, ensuring that you are able to receive recognition for your work in this area. 

To start using the Web of Science as a Cambridge reviewer, go to this page.

For more information on the Web of Science Reviewer Recognition Service, go to this page.

For further information, please do not hesitate to contact Harry Busby (harry.busby@cambridge.org).