Review for ScienceBank
Peer review is work. We pay for it.
We’ve paid our reviewers since 2023: up to $100 a review, up to $150 for editors. Members get first call on paid assignments.
Reviewing at a glance
Up to $100
per completed review; each community sets its rate
Up to $150
for editors, per manuscript handled
40%
of every article fee goes to the reviewers and editors who handled it
Fix publishing
Reviewers do the work. Here, they are paid for it.
Most journals ask reviewers to work for free. At ScienceBank, 40% of every article fee goes to the reviewers and editors who handled it. Each community sets its rate, payouts run on a weekly batch, and you choose how you are paid from your settings.
Join the reviewer poolCredited
Your name on your work
In open and post-publication communities, completed reviews are publicly credited to you.
How it works
From profile to payout
Create a free account and complete your profile
Expertise, ORCID and availability, so editors in your field can find you.
Get invited, or answer an open call
Community editors invite reviewers in their field. Open calls list the roles communities are recruiting for right now.
Review with annotations
Comment directly on the manuscript using a structured, constructive model. The Peer Review Assistant helps you write clearly; it never writes the review for you.
Get paid and credited
Up to $100 per completed review, paid through ScienceBank on the weekly batch. Publicly credited in open and post-publication communities.
What you get
Why review with ScienceBank
Paid for every completed review
Up to $100 a review; up to $150 for editors.
First call on paid assignments
Members are offered paid reviewer and editor roles first.
Public credit
Your completed reviews carry your name in open and post-publication communities.
An assist-only Peer Review Assistant
Clearer, more constructive reviews. It never writes them for you.
Papers in your field
Communities are run by working researchers in your discipline, so your review lands with peers.
Review in your language
English, Español or Bahasa Indonesia, with translate-on-read.
Are reviewers really paid?
Yes, since 2023. Up to $100 per completed review; each community sets its rate. Payouts run on a weekly batch and you set up how you are paid in your settings.
Do I need to be a member to review?
No. Anyone a community invites can review and be paid. Members get first call on paid assignments.
How do I get my first assignment?
Complete your profile with your expertise and ORCID, then answer an open call or wait for an editor in your field to invite you.
Will my name be public?
Each community chooses single-blind, double-blind, open or post-publication review, and tells you before you accept. Credit is public in open and post-publication communities.
Can I use AI?
The Peer Review Assistant is assist-only: it helps you write, it never writes the review for you.
What does a review involve?
Annotation-based comments on the manuscript, plus a structured recommendation, in the community’s review model.
Join the reviewer pool.
Create a free account, complete your profile, and get first call on paid assignments in your field.
See how reviewing works