How it works
From preprint to feedback
Publish your paper first. Review and updates happen in public — not behind closed doors.
For authors
Publish first, improve in public
Your work is readable the day you share it. Review and revision happen on top — not as a hidden gate.
Create your profile
Sign up with email verification (or ORCID when configured). Add your institution, expertise, and bio so work is attributed correctly.
Publish a preprint
Upload title, abstract, field, keywords, license, co-authors, and optional PDF. Your paper goes live instantly as version one with a DOI.
Approve the AI summary
Science Orbit generates a plain-English brief, key findings, FAQs, and ethics flags. You review and approve before they are shown as author-endorsed.
Respond & revise
Read public reviews and discussion. Upload new versions with changelogs. Your paper moves to Revised After Review when you respond in public.
For readers
Understand science without a paywall
Every paper is open. Summaries, lifecycle labels, and replication status help you decide what to trust.
Explore & search
Browse by field, topic, replication status, or review activity. Every paper shows its lifecycle status so you know how much scrutiny it has received.
Read at your level
Start with the AI summary (quick or detailed), ask the research assistant questions, then read the full abstract and PDF.
Engage openly
Endorse useful work, cite in BibTeX/RIS/APA, follow authors, and join discussion threads attached to the paper.
For reviewers
Credit for careful public critique
Structured reviews and replication reports are permanent, attributable, and part of your reputation.
Write structured reviews
Choose a category, confidence level, and clear critique. Disclose conflicts of interest so readers have full context.
Earn reputation
Helpful reviews build your public profile. The community can vote reviews as helpful; quality feedback is rewarded.
Log replications
Submit replication attempts with summaries and evidence links. Independent verification strengthens the scientific record.
Lifecycle
Every paper shows where it is in the review journey
Preprint
Live immediately; not yet formally reviewed.
In Open Review
Active transparent peer review underway.
Reviewed Preprint
Substantive public reviews completed.
Revised After Review
Authors published a new version after critique.
Retracted
Withdrawn by authors; retained for the public record.
Open access
Free to read and publish core science with clear licensing.
Transparent review
Public, structured peer review after publication.
Reproducibility
Replication attempts attached directly to papers.
Platform features
Everything on one living paper page
AI summaries
Author-approved plain-English briefs and key findings.
Version history
Changelogs and diffs for every revision.
Reviews & discussion
Structured critiques and community threads.
Research assistant
Ask questions grounded in the paper's content.
Citations & references
Export BibTeX, RIS, APA; link related work.
Reviewed encyclopedia
Plain-language concept pages with sourced, moderator-reviewed community edits.
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