Frequently Asked Questions

Reviewer Credits is the leading AI-powered cross-publisher platform for finding, rewarding, and keeping engaged peer reviewers for scholarly journals and publishers to ensure research integrity and speed up the publication cycle.

It is an online platform where scientists of all disciplines working on peer review can register for free to record their completed reviews and engage in new peer review requests from registered journals and publishers. Peer reviewers are recognised in the form of certificates and rewarded with non-cash rewards (Credit Points) or monetary compensation. Peer reviewers can use their Credit Points to receive services, goods, and discounts provided by Reviewer Credits in the Reviewer Credits Reward Center.

Reviewer Credits helps journals and publishers ensure research integrity and simplify their peer review processes. This includes searching for suitable reviewers, their onboarding and buy-in, and managing services such as the payment to reviewers. Reviewer Credits also offers peer review analysis, i.e. analysis of the gender, geographical distribution, seniority, etc. of the reviewers appointed.

Learn more about available features for journals and publishers here.

1. Verifying Reviewer Identity: We offer peace of mind with verifiable authenticity checks for all peer reviewers.
2. Streamlining Reviewer Recruitment: We tackle the challenge of time-intensive searches to find qualified peer reviewers.
3. Boosting Acceptance Rates: We significantly enhance the likelihood that peer reviewers will accept requests via targeted matching. We only search from a pool of reviewers who have already expressed an interest.
4. Reducing Reviewer Turnover: We minimize reviewer loss via topical targeting and by supporting loyalty and satisfaction.
5. Enhancing Engagement: We enhance active participation and commitment levels among peer reviewers.

We are rapidly establishing ourselves as a leading voice in research and publishing integrity. Our innovative platform and dedicated efforts to promote transparency, accountability, and ethical practices in scholarly publishing have positioned us as a burgeoning opinion leader in this critical field. Through our commitment to enhancing the peer review process, rewarding reviewer contributions, and fostering compliance with ethical standards, we are setting new benchmarks for integrity in academic research. Our growing influence reflects our dedication to shaping a more reliable and ethical research landscape for all.

Creating a Journal or Publisher profile on ReviewerCredits.com is free and offers a robust suite of benefits designed to streamline the peer review process. By joining ReviewerCredits, you enable comprehensive acknowledgement for your peer reviewers. Our system seamlessly integrates with your manuscript submission system, allowing you to automatically register all peer reviews performed in the last 20 years. This process not only recognises reviewers’ efforts but also enhances their academic credentials with cross-publisher certification.

Our Premium subscription plan unlocks further powerful features. This includes unlimited use of our AI-Powered Reviewer Finder, advanced reviewer identity verification with biometric checks, the ability to issue cross-publisher Peer Review Certificates. Premium users can also leverage monetary incentives to reward reviewers, access in-depth performance analytics, and benefit from seamless technical integrations.

Reviewer Credits facilitates authenticity checks, increases acceptance rates through targeted matching, reduces reviewer turnover, and expedites the publishing cycle with AI-powered tools. By registering for free or opting for the Premium plan, journals not only enhance their operational efficiency but also contribute to the elevation of research integrity and publication quality, positioning themselves as leaders in the scholarly community.

Journals and Publishers can join with free profiles, allowing their reviewers to build a reputation with cross-publisher certification. We also provide Premium subscription plan tailored to your needs.

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The data concerning the peer reviews performed for your journal is sourced directly from the peer reviewers when they submit a claim through the ReviewerCredits.com platform. Reviewers provide essential details, including the Editorial Office's email address. This contributes to the reviewers' credibility by increasing their Reviewer Index and enabling them to prove their academic performance metrics and credibility.

Moreover, if your journal is integrated with ReviewerCredits.com via our free APIs, the information transfer becomes automated, streamlining the process further. The integration allows for real-time validation of review claims, significantly enhancing the efficiency and reliability of the peer review process. This seamless integration ensures that the data is accurate, up-to-date, and reflective of the actual reviews conducted for your journal.

No, the information provided by the peer reviewers is not made public on the website nor shared with third parties.

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Upload the Manuscript: Upload the manuscript for peer review, whether it’s an article, monograph, book chapter, or conference paper, with our straightforward upload process.

Customize Reviewer Search: Optimize your reviewer recruitment using our exclusive multifactor search. This tailored approach boosts acceptance rates up to 95%. Diversify your reviewer pool effectively with our unique suite of customizable parameters, such as gender, location, experience, performance metrics, and availability, ensuring a comprehensive and balanced review process.

Select Best-Fit Candidates: Our AI algorithms analyze your manuscript’s meta-data to present a ranked list of best-fit candidates, tailored to your custom search criteria. Review their detailed profiles and select the reviewers who best align with your manuscript’s needs.

Initiate Effortless Peer Review: Once you’ve chosen your ideal peer reviewers, we handle the seamless onboarding process. This ensures you engage with fully committed and responsive reviewers, ready to start the review process.

Reviewer Credits (RC) are virtual Credit Ponts (CP) that editors can reward their peer reviewers with for completed peer reviews. These Credit Points can be redeemed for author services and other discounts in our Reward Center.

Each RC is equivalent to 10 EUR and allows reviewers to redeem credits against publishing discounts, editorial support, translation, statistical analysis, post-publication products, and more. These rewards are provided with exclusive discounts from our partners. ReviewerCredits ensures these unique discounts are passed directly to the users, with no profit markup.

We also offer the option of monetary compensation of your best-performing peer reviewers through our Stripe payment functionality. To use the proven Stripe solution for cash payments you open an account with Stripe when working with us and make prepayments. This is then disbursed to reviewers via the Stripe platform according to your instructions and the Reviewer Credits process. Unlock features available through our Premium plan and get a quotation that fits best with your needs, goals, audience, and country.

Credits can be allocated through subscription to our Premium Plan, enabling journals and publishers to reward reviewers’ efforts with Credit Points or monetary incentives.

To elevate your journal’s visibility and credibility through our peer review process certification, acknowledging your commitment to peer review excellence over the years for reviewed articles, monographs, book chapters and conference papers, subscribe to our Premium Plan.

Then, ReviewerCredits seamlessly integrates with your manuscript submission system, allowing you to automatically register all peer reviews performed in the last 20 years, to issue the Certificate and Dynamic Badge for your website, certifying your ongoing dedication to peer review excellence in real-time.

To ensure the integrity and verification of data, certain profile fields like Journal title, ISSN, Publisher, etc., are not subject to editing. If a change is necessary, please Contact us for a review and possible approval of the modification.

For integrating with systems like Editorial Manager, OJS, API, etc., please visit our Technical Integrations page. There, you will find comprehensive instructions and support tailored to the integration process.

Within the Premium plan, the search for peer reviewers must be conducted through the ReviewerCredits system. Our AI-powered Reviewer Finder allows editors to efficiently and effectively find the best-fit peer reviewers, with customizable search preferences and multifactor search features to expedite the publishing cycle. Using OJS for reviewer search is not supported; instead, our advanced platform provides access to a certified global community of reviewers, enhancing the ability to engage reviewers with proven expertise.

Journals can initially import review reports into the ReviewerCredits platform using the OJS plugin. Once set up, the OJS plugin will prompt reviewers to submit their reviews directly, allowing new reviews to be automatically imported into our system, provided the reviewer agrees. For journals that wish to update their review data more frequently, manual export and import of review reports can be done monthly. In cases where data is sent without reviewer approval, we will inform the reviewers accordingly.

As a proud member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Reviewer Credits is deeply committed to upholding the highest standards of integrity in scholarly publishing. In line with this commitment, we actively promote the adoption of COPE's Core Practices, which have been the cornerstone of ethical publishing guidelines since replacing the Code of Conduct in 2017. These practices provide a comprehensive framework for ethical decision-making and conduct, applicable to all stakeholders involved in the publication of scholarly literature. We encourage our community to embrace these standards to ensure the trustworthiness and credibility of the academic publishing ecosystem.