Q. How can I record my editorial contributions and peer review activities on my external profile?

Editorial contributions and peer review research activities are used to demonstrate a track record for grant proposals or academic promotions.

Activities are added to your to your Web of Science Researcher Profile (formerly Publons) or ORCID ID.

Adding editorial contributions to your Web of Science Researcher Profile

With Web of Science Researcher Profiles, researchers can get recognition for their editorial contributions by keeping verified editor records of the manuscripts they handle.

There are two options for researchers to add editor records to a Web of Science Researcher Profile.

1. Forward your editorial receipts or screenshots to edits@webofscience.com
2. Add editor records manually through the forms on the site.

For more information, see Web of Science ‘editor record’ FAQs.

Note:

• Web of Science Researcher Profiles currently supports editor records for manuscripts submitted to journals or conferences.
• These editor records can be verified, and only verified records will be displayed on the detail pages of partnered journals. In addition, only the journal name will be displayed on the researcher's profile.
• Language editing or peer reviewing a paper does not qualify for an editor record on Web of Science Researcher Profiles.

For more information, see Publon's Researcher FAQs and Editor FAQs.

Adding peer review activities to your ORCID ID

Peer review is a fundamental part of the research lifecycle.

Using your ORCID ID to enable connections with the organisations for which you perform reviews, raises the visibility of your efforts and contributions. ORCID has worked with Community Members to develop ways to recognise resource use and enable you to share that information with publishers, funders, and research organisations.

• The peer review section of your ORCID record recognises individual contributions that you have made to other organisations.
• These contributions include evaluating journal articles, books, conference programs, grant award applications, and hiring and promotion.
• Peer reviews can only be added to your ORCID record by a Trusted Organisation and permitted by the organiser of the peer review or evaluation, e.g., publisher, society, funder or colleagues.
• This also can be done by a third-party review recognition service, e.g., Web of Science Researcher Profiles that works with organisers (e.g. Trusted) to recognise your reviews.