Submit a paper
Publish a paper on Pith, or keep the review private. Publishing opens when the review finishes, whatever the score. The paper goes up free with its review beside it. For $10, Pith puts it on the record: a DOI if it has none, and its exact file anchored in Bitcoin.Get your paper reviewed, then publish it on Pith with its review, whatever the score, or keep the review private.
- Send your paper
- Get it reviewed
- Read what it found
- Published on Pith
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1What you need
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2Your paper
Human Review is for papers already on arXiv or published on Pith: give the arXiv ID, the Pith address or the Pith DOI. Neither yet? Start with Pith Review. Once the paper is published on Pith, you can order a human review from its page.
A review reads the whole paper. For a DOI, Pith finds the paper's arXiv version or a free copy the publisher or a repository posts; a paper with neither needs the file. A paper that already has a publisher's DOI is not posted again on Pith, and you can make its review public instead.
Pith reads the paper's own reference list: from arXiv for an arXiv ID, or the list its publisher gave Crossref for a DOI. A paper whose list cannot be read needs the file instead.
A PDF, a .tex file or a source archive, up to 60 MB. It stays private unless you publish it.
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3Finish
Every citation is checked against Crossref, arXiv and retraction notices, and each problem is quoted. The check is for you; nothing is published.
Pith reads the paper and writes a full review: what it claims, what those claims rest on, where it could break, and what to fix. The report is emailed to you in 3 to 6 minutes and stays private unless you publish it.The report is emailed to you in 3 to 6 minutes and stays private unless you publish it.
There is no score bar. When the review finishes, its page shows a Publish on Pith button that publishes the paper with its review free, whatever the score. For $10 you can also put it on the record: a DOI for a paper not on arXiv, and the exact PDF anchored in Bitcoin. The score and any blocking finding, such as a call for substantial rework, a required revision left open, or a key claim marked unsupported, are shown at the top of the published record, so most authors fix what the review lists first. A paper that already has a publisher's DOI is not posted again: make its review public instead. The full rules.
How publishing works
There is no score bar. When the review finishes, its page shows a Publish on Pith button that publishes the paper with its review free, whatever the score. For $10 you can also put it on the record: a DOI for a paper not on arXiv, and the exact PDF anchored in Bitcoin. The score and any blocking finding, such as a call for substantial rework, a required revision left open, or a key claim marked unsupported, are shown at the top of the published record, so most authors fix what the review lists first. A paper that already has a publisher's DOI is not posted again: make its review public instead. The full rules.
Next you say who is requesting the review, pick a turnaround and see Pith's price for each.
The signed review is published on the paper's Pith page when it is delivered, whatever it concludes. It does not decide whether the paper is published.
The money stays with Pith until the review is published. If nobody accepts within 72 hours you are refunded in full. Paying means you accept the paid review terms.
The bench opens the paper with its sentences labelled, yes-or-no answers on any passage, and analyses written on request. It is open to invited teams.
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