Why sign up for a PostPub Profile?
Sign up allows you to contribute and interact with PostPubbers in your research area. Every PostPubber uses a real name to discuss as one would at a professional conference.

What information does Sign up require for my PostPub Profile?
Name, Email, Principal Investigator, and Scientific Interest.

Where is my email address displayed to the PostPub community?
Your email address will not be displayed on PostPub.

When will my email be used?
When PostPubbers comment on your discussion thread, a tête-à-tête correspondence occurs by email.

When will my email by shared with third parties?
We do not divulge private information from individual PostPub profiles to third parties.

How do I Start a New Discussion?
Click "Start Discussion" after you locate your PubMed paper with its PubMed ID. Be ready to provide preliminary data on the PubMed paper's reproducibility.

How should I frame a New Discussion?
Present clear and concise preliminary data. Write a commentary on a PubMed paper's reproducibility based on preliminary data that attempts to reproduce a finding in a PubMed paper. We support a variety of formats such as .doc, .pdf, and .jpg of your preliminary efforts to reproduce a PubMed paper's finding. Be civil as vulgar comments can be moderated.

How do I search PostPub Discussions?
Go to Search PostPub Discussion and enter your search terms.

How do I message the Discussion author?
To communicate with the discussion author, click on the discussion author's profile and start a tête-à-tête correspondence.

What data is required to comment on an existing PostPub discussion?
No data is necessary to comment. Preliminary data is only required to author and initiate a discussion.

What is PostPub's Reproducibility Index (RI)?
The Reproducibility Index is a measure of the reproducibility of the experiment in question, assigned by the PostPubber or Discussion Author who begins a data-backed discussion thread. The Reproducibility Index is depicted as a color in which red means reproducible, yellow means uncertain reproducibility, and green means reproducible for the Discussion Author.

What is PostPub's Cumulative Reproducibility Index (CRI)?
The Cumulative Reproducibility Index (CRI) is generated through summation of all Reproducibility Indices (RIs) that are assigned to a particular PubMed ID number. A paper is given a color verdict or code of red (nay), yellow (maybe), green (yay) alongside the number of discussion threads.

How do I report an unacceptable discussion?
Please email: team@postpub.org