What is "publons"

Publons is a website and free service for researchers to share, discuss and receive credit for peer review of academic publications. It was launched in 2012 and has over 65,000 reviewers. Publons's mission is to "speed up science by making peer review faster, more efficient, and more effective". Reviewers can choose whether or not to make the content of their review open access following publication of the reviewed publication, though member journals can choose to override this. Over 8,000 reviews have been shared in this way. Review content is shared using a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license. It has partnerships with numerous publishers including the Royal Society, Cambridge University Press and the American Society for Microbiology .