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Recognition for reviewers

Reviewers are the backbone of the publishing process. Peer review ensures that research is reliable and trustworthy. URF appreciates reviewers for their critical role in the research process and wishes to encourage high standards of review; here are some of the rewards we provide to our reviewers.

APC discounts If they submit an article as a corresponding author within a year of submitting their review, reviewers on our fully open access journals receive a 20% discount on OA charges. For each completed review, a reviewer reward credit will be awarded. We see this as one way to recognise reviewers' contributions to the peer-review process.

Reviewer certificates

URF provides certificates for completed reviews upon request. Please contact the Editorial Office of the journal for which you submitted the review. We will check your review and send you your certificate once it has been verified.

Annual list of reviewers

Once a year, all URF journals' reviewers are publicly listed in our annual list of reviewers, where we thank you for your contribution to the quality of research literature.

Terms and conditions for reviewer rewards

  • The Publisher reserves the right to award rewards if you do not submit a timely and detailed report for the article you reviewed.
  • Unless otherwise specified on a journal's 'Publication Charges' information page, you can only use one reviewer reward per article.
  • You can only use the reward for submitting an article to the journal for which you reviewed it.
  • You have up to 12 months from the date your report was acknowledged to use your reviewer reward.
  • The reward can only be used to pay for an article's open access article publication fee.
  • Your reviewer incentive can only be applied to articles in which you are listed as an author (you do not have to be the corresponding or first-named author)
  • Your reviewer incentive can only be applied to papers that have been accepted after you have completed your review.
  • There is no cash equivalent available.
  • The reviewer incentive cannot be combined with other discounts, such as institutional membership schemes.