Overview / Getting startedSkip for now: go to your dashboard →
Welcome to CitePep
Welcome, Sofia. Let’s get your first credit on the record.
Your profile is live, but empty. Credit appears only when a publisher accepts something you did: these six steps get you there, usually within a week.
1/6steps done
Next: verify who you areAbout 16 minutes of setup left. The rest happens as work arrives.
Set up your contributor account
Tick a step to mark it doneCreate your account
Done: your profile address is reserved.Verify who you areNext up2 min
Connect ORCID or confirm an institutional email. Verified work is what counts, so this comes first.Choose your topics1 min
Pick up to five. They decide which questions and requests reach you, and where your authority grows.Finish your public profile3 min
A one-line bio, your affiliation and two links. Readers check this before trusting your name.Make your first contribution10 min
Claim a page you wrote, propose a correction with a source, or answer an open question in your field.Get it acceptedmedian 2 days
The publisher decides: median 2 days. When they accept, it appears on your profile and on the page’s record.Your public profile today
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This is what readers see right now. It fills in automatically as publishers accept your work.
How it works for you
1You actCorrect, source, review or answer, on any page or in a thread
2The publisher decidesAccept or decline. Nothing changes on their page otherwise
3Credit is recordedOn the page’s record and your profile, for good
What CitePep records, and why →Your best first step
Answer one open question in Explainers
Three threads in your topic are waiting for an expert answer. A sourced answer is the quickest way to get noticed by publishers.
Open ExplainersWaiting for an expert in your topic
Does “ice-free Arctic by 2035” match current projections?c/explainers · 7 replies · no expert answer→Is the “1 in 3 coastal cities” flooding figure from a real study?c/technology · 4 replies→This page may still use an ocean-warming figure that was later revisedc/explainers · open problem→Where your work will show up
Empty today: this is what fills themMy contributions
Every review, correction and source you submit, with its status.Your items will appear hereExampleAccepted · corrected “3.2 → the current rate per year” on whennotesfly.com
Propose a correction →Topic authority
Starts at 0 in each topic. It grows with accepted work.Your items will appear hereExampleExplainers · authority 12 · Trusted after 10 accepted
How authority works →Matched requests
Publishers’ requests in your topics, once you are verified.Your items will appear hereExampleReview six sea-ice pages · whennotesfly.com · 4 days left
Browse open requests →