Publons is a website and free service operating by a limited liability company registered in New Zealand and United Kingdom. It was founded in 2012 by Andrew Preston and Daniel Johnson to increase the efficiency of peer-reviewing practices and upgrade the academic research publishing through Communication, Collaboration and Contribution from peer reviewer around the world.

• Smoothly and systematically track your reviewing and editorial contributions to research (Build out your profile as an expert reviewer) with the function “Add & Verify Review by Email”.
• Effortlessly track peer review across the world's top journals.
• A way to communicate and establish your connections with Over 100,000 expert reviewers from around the world.
• A source for editor to swiftly find the best reviewers in your field.
• It is free!

Publons is easy to use. After registration, You can sign in and explore the options as follow:

• add pre-publication peer review
• add a post-publication review
• add & Verify Review by Email
• verified peer review record