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== Background ==

Publons was founded by Andrew Preston and Daniel Johnston to address the difficulties in publishing peer reviewed literature .<ref>{{cite web|last1=Preston|first1=Andrew R.H.|last2=Johnston|first2=Daniel|url=http://figshare.com/articles/The_Future_of_Academic_Research/871466/|website=Figshare|accessdate=5 September 2014|title=Publon #1: The Future of Academic Research}}</ref>. The Publons name is an homage to the "publon", the "[[Least publishable unit|minimum unit of publishable material]]". Highly rated reviews receive [[digital object identifier|DOIs]], similar to [[Figshare]].

== Reception ==

TechCrunch remarked that lack of transparency leads to many problems in the publication process, and Publons purports to help with that <ref>{{cite news|last1=Shu|first1=Catherine|title=Academic Startup Publons Gives Peer Reviewers Credit For Their Work|url=http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/08/academic-startup-publons-gives-peer-reviewers-credit-for-their-work/|accessdate=5 September 2014|work=Techcrunch}}</ref>. ResearchInformation noted that while the site supports both pre- and post-publication review, not all reviews are published in deference to existing publication norms <ref>{{cite web|last1=Harris|first1=Sian|title=Tracking and Validating Reviews|url=http://www.researchinformation.info/features/feature.php?feature_id=448|website=Reasearch Informaiton|publisher=Europa Science Limited|accessdate=5 September 2014}}</ref>.

== Other information ==

Relative to [[Academia.edu]] and [[ResearchGate]], Publons focuses entirely on peer review.

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