Editorial Standards

In plain wordsEverything on CitePep is publisher-approved. That’s what lets a reader trust every name they see.

1.1A contribution enters the public record only when the publisher who controls the page accepts it.

1.2Declined contributions are retained privately for integrity review.

1.3Once accepted, a contribution is permanent. If it later proves wrong, a new correction is recorded against it and both stay visible.

In plain wordsSay exactly what is wrong, exactly what it should say, and where the right answer comes from.

2.1A correction states the current text, the proposed text and the reason, and cites a source a reader can follow.

2.2Corrections fix a sourced factual error; style and opinion are edits.

2.3Sources must be ones a reader can check. Prefer the original study, dataset or official publication over a news story or summary. Name the table, figure or section where possible.

In plain wordsTell us first if you have a reason to be biased. Some conflicts are blocked automatically; the rest you must declare.

3.1Contributors declare any financial, professional or personal interest in a page before contributing to it.

3.2Reviewers review only work independent of them, their co-authors, institution and email domain.

3.3A conflict discovered after work is accepted is added to the record next to that work. If it affected the outcome, the standards team may mark the contribution as disputed.

In plain wordsThe only way to a higher score is more accepted work. It is earned the same way by everyone.

4.1Scores are computed only from accepted work. Every contributor earns the same way.

4.2Credit belongs to the person who earned it. Coordinated accounts that accept each other’s work are treated as one and their credit is removed.

In plain wordsWhat a reviewer writes about a paper belongs to its author. The public only learns that the reviewer did the work, and whether on time.

5.1Pre-submission reviews go to the author only. Only a reviewer’s completed-review count and on-time rate become public.

5.2Reviewers may not share, keep or reuse a manuscript or its data, and must delete their copies after delivery. Breaching this ends access to the reviewer pool.