In order to help recognize the importance of reviewing, Wiley has partnered with Web of Science to give you official recognition for your peer review work for most Wiley journals. This partnership means you can opt-in to have your reviews for participating Wiley journals automatically added to your reviewer profile on Web of Science.
What is Web of Science Reviewer Recognition Services?
Web of Science Reviewer Recognition Services (formerly Publons) works with reviewers and publishers to give credit for peer review. Web of Science helps you to record, verify, and showcase your peer review contributions for use in promotion applications etc. You get credit even if your reviews are anonymous and the manuscript is never published.
How it works
When you review for participating Wiley journals you can opt in to get credit on the Web of Science Reviewer Recognition Service, via a question on the review questionnaire. Once your review is completed the details of your review will automatically be transferred to your profile on the Reviewer Recognition Service. You will be invited to create a profile if you do not already have one. Wiley is committed to ensuring integrity in the peer review process. The Reviewer Recognition Service records, verifies and showcases peer review activity without compromising reviewer anonymity or infringing upon journal policies, as specified in Wiley's review confidentiality policy.
By default, the content of reviews for Wiley journals will not be publicly displayed in the Reviewer Recognition Service, and only the year of the review and the journal title will be shown on reviewer profiles, unless both the journal and reviewer has actively selected an alternative setting. This means that review comments remain confidential, unless permission is granted by the journal and, in some cases, the author as well. Note that journals participating in Wiley's Transparent Peer Review service do allow the content of reviews to be displayed publicly. You may edit what is displayed for any review according to the privacy settings of the participating journal, or opt out of the service at any time.
Participating Journals
A list of the Wiley journals that are now integrated with Publons is available here.
Can I get credit on Publons for reviews to journals that are not listed above?
Yes. Take a look at Publon's instructions for how to request credit via Publons for past review activity, or for journals which do not offer automatic credit.
Transparent Peer Review
Learn about our Transparent Peer Review pilot in collaboration with Publons and ScholarOne (part of Clarivate, Web of Science).