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Reputation and Levels

How a reputation is calculated: try it.

Every number on a CitePep profile comes from accepted work. Move the sliders to see how contributions, acceptance rate and consistency turn into scores and levels.

Accepted contributions
Track record
Contribution score
312
Trust score
96%
Acceptance rate 96% · tempered by 49 submissions over 14 months
Level
1ContributorFirst accepted contribution
2Trusted10 accepted · trust 80%+
3Verified25 accepted · identity checked
4Expert40 accepted · trust 90%+Current
Three rules behind every number

Why a CitePep reputation is hard to fake

Read the editorial standards →

Only accepted work counts

Your scores update when the publisher who owns the page accepts your work. Declined work stays private.

SubmittedUnchanged
DeclinedUnchanged · private
Accepted+7 score · on your profile

Consistency beats a streak

Trust is weighted by how much history you have. A long record of mostly accepted work outranks a perfect score on two items.

47 of 49 accepted96% rawTrust 96%: full weight
2 of 2 accepted100% rawShown as 58%: too little history yet

It is earned

Every contributor earns credit the same way, on every publisher’s plan.

Paid planSame credit
Free planSame credit
Boost or placementEarned only
The method in full · version 2.3

Every weight and threshold, worked through one real profile

The calculator above uses exactly these numbers. We use Contributor A’s profile as the worked example throughout.

1 · Contribution scorePoints for each accepted piece of work

Bigger jobs earn more. The score only ever goes up.

AuthoredWrote the page; publisher confirmed×10
ReviewedChecked every claim on a page×7
CorrectedFixed an error, with a source×6
EditedMade a page clearer, facts unchanged×3
SourcedAdded evidence for one claim×1
Reviewer9 authored ×10 + 19 reviewed ×7 + 14 corrected ×6 + 5 sourced ×1 = 312
2 · Trust scoreHow often publishers accept your work

Accepted ÷ everything publishers decided on. Pending work counts once decided. With little history, the score starts near 50% and moves toward your real rate as decisions build up, so your rate reflects your full record.

Accepted47
Declined (private)2
Raw rate47 ÷ 49 = 95.9%
History49 decisions · 14 months
ReviewerEnough history for full weight, so trust = 96%. Shown only after 5 decisions.
3 · Topic authority0–100 in each subject, separately

Built from accepted work on pages in that topic. Recent work counts more: a contribution loses half its weight every 18 months. A climate scientist earns authority in climate topics.

Communication92
Explainers84
Overthinking and rumination78
Data analysis41
Why it mattersOpen requests use it to decide who can take them.

4 · Levels

A one-word summary of the numbers above. Each level needs everything in the one before it, plus more. Levels drop if trust stays below the threshold for three months running.

Reviewer is here
LEVEL 1
ContributorYour first piece of work a publisher approved.
1 accepted contribution
LEVEL 2
TrustedPublishers accept most of what you send.
10 acceptedTrust 80%+
LEVEL 3
VerifiedA real, named person with a solid record.
25 acceptedIdentity checked
LEVEL 4
ExpertTop of a field, judged by accepted work.
40 acceptedTrust 90%+Authority 70+ in a topic
Changes to the method are announced 30 days ahead and apply going forward, so existing levels stay.Editorial standards →