Plaudit

Open endorsements from the academic community

In a nutshell

Plaudit allows researchers to publicly endorse academic research, and makes this data openly available. This provides a clear, simple and accessible signal about the quality of an academic work, that builds on the knowledge of your academic peers rather than the reputation of the journal it is published in.

Goals and intentions

Plaudit was created to improve the incentive structure in academia, in which researchers feel pressured to publish their work in "top-tier", but often paywalled journals, or journals with a substantial publishing fee. By providing an alternative signal of quality that still relies on the expertise of your academic peers, the hope is that that pressure can be relieved.

Project status

Active

Types of outputs

Review process

Review requested by

Non-authors
Reviewer selected by

Self-nominated
Public interaction

Included
Opportunity for author response

Not included
Recommendation

Binary decision

Review policy

Review coverage

Complete paper
Reviewer identity known to

Public
Competing interests

Not included

Social Networks

Gallery

Review features

Manuscript hosting

No
Review of code or data

No
Eligible reviewers/editors

Anyone with an ORCID iD, willing to expose their endorsement to public scrutiny.

Transparency

Results

Number of scholarly outputs commented on

1,000-10,000
Metrics

All endorsements are made publicly available as open data through CrossRef Event Data

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