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 track record turn into scores and levels. These are the real weights the platform uses.

Contribution score0

Trust score0%

Acceptance:

Level

L1ContributorA profile and one accepted contribution

L2Trusted contributor10 accepted

L3Verified contributor50 accepted

L4Expert contributor50 accepted and a trust score of 80 or more

Trust is the acceptance rate multiplied by a confidence ramp, so a long record of mostly accepted work outranks a perfect record on one or two items.

Three signals, not one number

Reputation and levels on CitePep come from three independent measures, each computed from accepted contributions.

Contribution score

A weighted total of your accepted contributions. Authoring and editing carry the most weight, then reviewing, then corrections, sources, and citations.

Trust score

Your acceptance rate, tempered by track record. A perfect record over a few items counts for less than a strong record over a long history, so trust reflects both quality and consistency.

Topic authority

A separate score for each topic you contribute to, so a profile shows precisely where expertise is concentrated, whether that is climate science, databases, or animal behavior.

How a contribution score is built

Not every contribution carries the same signal, so each type is weighted by the editorial work it represents.

Author12 pts

Editor8 pts

Reviewer6 pts

Correction4 pts

Source3 pts

Citation1 pt

Only accepted work counts. Self-claimed bylines, unaccepted submissions, and unverifiable credits carry no weight at all. That is the rule that keeps reputation from being bought.

Why a trust score can be honest at any size

Trust is acceptance rate tempered by how much has been decided, so a new profile is never overstated.

New contributor

3 of 3 accepted

38% · New contributor

A perfect rate over a few items is treated cautiously. The score grows as the record grows.

Established record

94 of 100 accepted

92% · Established record

A long, consistent history of accepted work earns a high, stable trust score.

The contributor ladder

Levels are earned through accepted work over time, never bought or self-assigned.

ContributorA profile and your first accepted contribution

Trusted Contributor10 accepted contributions

Verified Contributor50 accepted contributions

Expert ContributorA large accepted history with a high acceptance rate

Top tier

Reviewer standing is measured separately

A paid reviewer is not ranked by score. They are ranked by what they delivered.

What builds standing

Completed reviews, counted only when delivered
On-time rate, against the date agreed at acceptance
Author ratings of the reviews they received
Field and method expertise the reviewer declared

What does not

How long ago you signed up
How many manuscripts you accepted but did not finish
What your reviews concluded
Anything you can set on your own profile

The directory is ordered by completed reviews and on-time delivery, not by signup date. A profile with no delivered work is not indexed at all, so visibility has to be earned the same way reputation is.

The rules behind every score

Reputation is portable

It belongs to the contributor, not to a single publisher. The history you build travels with you to every publication you work with, and answers one question for anyone reading: who is this person, and what have they done before?

Reputation cannot be bought

There is no way to pay for a score, a level, or a credit. Every point comes from work a publisher accepted, and every rule that produces it is public in our editorial standards.

See it on a real profile

Every contributor profile shows these scores, the contributions behind them, and a public proof record for each one.

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