Publons as an integrated profile of a scientist. The main possibilities of adding scientific materials

Publons is a product of Clarivate, which serves as a resource for comprehensive tracking of scientific activities of the scientist. The service is primarily focused on the materials of the scientometric database Web of Science, and since 2019 it has been integrated with Researcher ID. Scientific materials can be added to a researcher's profile on Publons that reflects the scientist's work as an author, reviewer, or editor.

The «My Records» tab lists the main ways of adding information about research: «Publication» - for authors of research, «Peer reviews» - for reviewers and «Editor Records» - for editors.

Publons for research authors

To add scientific materials of your own authorship, you need to use the «Publication» function. Publons will automatically display the scientist's materials indexed by the Web of Science scientometric database (if available). The service also offers the ability to integrate into the profile information about scientific materials from other sources. Ways to add scientific publications:

1. Using the Web of Science. Typically, scientific materials indexed in this database are automatically displayed in Publons. If this does not happen, the system offers to add all possible e-mail addresses that could be associated with the publication and options for writing the author's name.
2. Integration with ORCiD. To do this, you need to sync author profiles.
3. Adding using a digital ID. You must enter the title of the article or the value of the digital ID (DOI, arXiv, PublMed ID).
4. Download the file manually. Import a RIS, BibTex or CSV file.  

Publons for reviewers

The service is designed to facilitate a more efficient process of reviewing scientific materials, so reviewers are given certain points for published reviews and an individual rating is calculated. You can add materials by going to «Peer reviews» and clicking on «Add review».

To add a review you must specify:

1. Review type: review before or after publication.
2. Indicate the name of the magazine or conference and the date of the review.
3. Enter a numeric ID or article title so that the system can correctly link the review to the peer-reviewed material.
4. Define privacy settings (how and to whom feedback will be displayed).
5. Add review content. Please note that Publons specialists may periodically check reviews, so the material must be meaningful, constructive and ethical, and not contain hidden advertising or conflicts of interest.

A new feature for reviewers is the Grand Review , which is currently available in a test mode for a small number of research sponsors.

To submit a request for a review, you must provide the name of the sponsoring organisation you have reviewed and the year of the review. Then determine the type of review: Panel Review or Individual Review.

• Panel Review - the sponsor brings together a number of experts from different disciplines to review several grant applications. These experts take turns evaluating each application and determining the amount of funding.
• Individual Review - the sponsor instructs experts (usually 2-3) in the relevant field to provide a detailed review of a specific grant application or proposal.

Publons for editors

Information about editorial activities can be entered in "Editor Records" by clicking on "Add an Editor Records". Adding information of this nature also provides a rating system of rewards, in addition, editors have the opportunity to mark reviewers and evaluate their performance.

To add information about editorial activity, you must enter:

• the title of the magazine or conference;
• the numeric identifier/title of the article.  

Integration of author profiles

To organise author profiles and automate the use of resources, the scientist can integrate Publons with Google, ORCID, LinkedIN, Facebook and WeChat. The synchronisation methods for all resources are similar. Let's onsider them on the example of ORCID.

1. On the «Settings» tab, select the «Permissions» function, in the ORCID settings, click «Link your ORCID».

2. After that, the window of account and security settings will open, where you will click «Connect» that matches the required service.

 

 

3. Log in to the service and allow Publons to sync with your account.

4. When you return to the account and security settings window, select the services with which you also want to sync your Publons profile. 

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