Last updated: August 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-08
#22,442
AI visibility: Grade A
80
SEO health: Latest audit
81
Visits
725
per month, estimated
Keywords
74
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
725 organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
128 lines AI engines can read
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publons.com Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- Publons (Research & Academia) is ranked #22,442 worldwide in our August 2026 domain ranking, inside the top 100,000, up 972 places from #23,414 in July 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 725 visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 74 ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 80 out of 100 (grade A), with a published llms.txt of 128 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 81/100, with "Create and Submit a Sitemap" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | #22,442 | ▲ 972 |
| July 2026 | #23,414 | ▲ 732 |
| June 2026 | #24,146 | — |
| May 2026 | #24,146 | ▲ 843 |
| April 2026 | #24,989 | ▼ 204 |
| March 2026 | #24,785 | ▼ 245 |
| February 2026 | #24,540 | — |
What this company does
Publons operates as a dedicated platform for recording and verifying contributions to academic peer review. Users maintain profiles that document the reviews and editorial work they complete for journals, with many entries confirmed directly through partnerships with publishers. This creates a centralized history of activity that researchers can reference over time, separate from their publication records or other sc…
Our read on the site
Significant improvements needed. 2 high-priority issues.
publons.com Traffic and Visitor Engagement
publons.com draws an estimated 725 visits a month from search engines. Effectively all of it is organic — about 725 visits from unpaid results. Spread across 74 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 9.8 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
725
Latest estimate
Change
No monthly history yet
It starts building from the first scan
Organic visits
725
100% of all traffic
Paid visits
0
No paid search detected
Organic vs paid
100%
0%
We don't hold a month-by-month history for this domain yet.
The traffic dashboard builds one from the first scan onwards.
publons.com AI Visibility
On our AI visibility scale publons.com earns 80 of 100 points, a grade A. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt and Structured data. The biggest gap is SEO health, at 8 of 20 points (42/100), worth 12 points if closed. It also loses points on Crawlability (5/10) and Company profile (22/25).
Grade A
Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.
Present
7/8 core fields
42/100
robots ✓ · sitemap ✗
Detected
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- → Complete your company profile so AI answers about you stay accurate.
- → Add sitemap.xml so AI crawlers can read you.
publons.com LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on publons.com runs to 128 lines (5,073 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in April 2026. It introduces the site as "Publons - Showcase Your Research Contributions". It tells AI engines the business works in Research & Academia, Technology and SaaS. It describes 3 products, including Peer Review Platform, Research Visibility Tools and Editorial Management Solutions. The audience it names is Researchers, Academics, Students, aged 25-54 (Global). Technologies it mentions include React, Node.js, AWS, PostgreSQL and HTML5. The keywords it claims start with "publons", "academic publishing", "research collaboration" and "peer review".
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
128
In the file
Size
5.1K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated Apr 2, 2026
What the file says
# Publons - Showcase Your Research Contributions ## About Publons is a platform that connects researchers and academics, enabling them to showcase their peer review and editorial contributions. By providing a space for researchers to document their work and gain recognition, Publons serves the academic community by enhancing the visibility of research outputs. The platform aims to streamline the peer review process and improve the quality of scholarly communication. **Areas of Work:** Research & Academia, Technology, SaaS ## Things to Remember - **Website:** https://publons.com - **Address:** Not Available - **Contact:** [email protected] - **Phone:** +1-800-555-0199 - **Hours:** Mon-Fri: 9AM-5PM - **Timezone:** UTC-5 - **Currency:** USD - **Company Type:** Private - **Employees:** 50 employees - **Revenue:** Not Disclosed - **Hiring Status:** Yes, actively hiring ## Products - **Peer Review Platform** (Contact for pricing): A platform for researchers to document and showcase their peer review contributions. - **Research Visibility Tools** (Contact for pricing): Tools designed to enhance the visibility of research outputs and contributions. - **Editorial Management Solutions** (Contact for pricing): Solutions that assist journals and editors in managing submissions and peer reviews. ## Services ## Keywords publons, academic publishing, research collaboration, peer review,
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- Peer Review PlatformContact for pricing
- Research Visibility ToolsContact for pricing
- Editorial Management SolutionsContact for pricing
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
Researchers, Academics, Students · 25-54 · Global
Company type
Private · actively hiring
publons.com Organic Keywords
Google lists publons.com for about 74 keywords, which together bring an estimated 725 organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
74
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
725
Estimated organic visits a month
Top ranking keywords
No ranked-keyword data cached for this domain yet.
Ranked Keywords pulls the full list on its first run.
What it ranks for
publons.com SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of publons.com scored 81 out of 100 overall. SEO is its weakest area at 42, while accessibility scores highest at 98. The audit makes 14 recommendations in all, and 3 of the 4 listed first are rated high priority or critical.
Overall
SEO
Performance
Accessibility
Excellent
Fix these first
- CriticalCreate and Submit a Sitemap
- HighOptimize Title Tags and Meta Descriptions
- HighImprove Page Load Speed
- MediumImplement Structured Data Markup
10 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
publons.com Competitors and Alternatives
Publons's company profile names researchgate.net, academia.edu and mendeley.com as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds sciencedirect.com and springer.com. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are rescue.org, z-library.im, visitsealife.com and rgstatic.net.
publons.com Company Profile
Publons operates as a dedicated platform for recording and verifying contributions to academic peer review. Users maintain profiles that document the reviews and editorial work they complete for journals, with many entries confirmed directly through partnerships with publishers. This creates a centralized history of activity that researchers can reference over time, separate from their publication records or other sc…
Publons was founded in 2012, about 14 years ago. Its workforce is listed as between 51 and 200 employees. It was founded by Not Available. Its profile files it under Research & Academia, with further tags for Technology, SaaS and Subscription Model. Products on record for it: Peer Review Platform, Research Visibility Tools and Editorial Management Solutions. Its tagline reads: "Enhancing the visibility of research through peer review.".
- Sector
- Research & Academia
- Headquarters
- Not Available, Not Available
- Founded
- 2012
- Employees
- 51-200
- Revenue
- Not Disclosed
- Funding
- Not Disclosed
- Founders
- Not Available
- Products
- Peer Review Platform, Research Visibility Tools, Editorial Management Solutions
publons.com Traffic by Country
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