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A byline names the paper. Your record names the work.

Add a publication, record the expertise you used and your contribution level, and ask a co-author to review the claim. Qualifying peer-confirmed records appear on your public Benchpro profile with the publication attached when one is linked.

Peer confirmation applies to that expertise claim—not to every part of your expertise.

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Illustrative publication-linked record

Example

Illustrative publication

Mapping regulators of stress resilience with pooled CRISPR screening

Cell Systems · 2025

John · Mary · Eve

DOI available

Illustrative personal expertise record

John · Pooled CRISPR screening

Contribution level
Led (self-selected)
Linked publication
Mapping regulators of stress resilience with pooled CRISPR screening
Review status
Pending peer confirmation
Illustrative example. The expertise claim remains pending until an approved peer review is attached.

The opacity gap

The byline does not say who used which method.

A publication establishes involvement in the work, but it does not identify the expertise an individual used or the level at which they contributed.

Publication record · Illustrative

John · Mary · Eve · et al.

The paper identifies the authors, but not John’s expertise claim.

Personal expertise record · Illustrative

John · Pooled CRISPR screening

Contribution level
Led (self-selected)
Source
Linked publication
Review
Pending peer confirmation
Illustrative comparison. The personal record adds a claim; it does not rewrite the publication or certify every area of expertise.

Publication to personal record

Link the source. Record the work. Ask for review.

Each step keeps the expertise claim distinct from the publication and its review state visible.

  1. 01 · Link

    Start with the publication.

    Add saved work, a PDF, or an ORCID-supported publication source. Expertise records can exist without a linked publication; this illustrative example starts with one.

    Illustrative publication record

    Mapping regulators of stress resilience with pooled CRISPR screening

    Journal
    Cell Systems · 2025
    Source
    DOI attached
    Illustrative linked publication source.

  2. 02 · Record

    Name the area of expertise and your contribution level.

    Suggestions are a starting point. You choose the area of expertise and one contribution level: Observed, Took part, or Led.

    Illustrative draft expertise record

    Pooled CRISPR screening

    Contribution level
    Led · Self-selected
    Source
    Publication attached
    Status
    Draft
    Illustrative self-selected area of expertise and contribution level.

  3. 03 · Review

    Ask a co-author to review the claim.

    Choose from the publication’s contributors, check the reviewer’s ORCID or contact details, then send the expertise claim for verification. The reviewer can verify it or skip the request.

    Illustrative expertise review

    John · Pooled CRISPR screening · Led

    Reviewer
    A. Brown · Publication contributor
    Review outcome
    PendingApproved peer confirmation
    Illustrative review by one publication contributor.

Public record anatomy

What appears on a public expertise record.

Illustrative public expertise record

Pooled CRISPR screening

Contribution level
Led
Linked publication
Mapping regulators of stress resilience with pooled CRISPR screening · DOI available
Approved reviewer
A. Brown
Status
Peer confirmed
Illustrative public record for one qualifying peer-confirmed expertise claim.
Publication-linked
A publication or DOI is shown when one has been attached to the claim.
Pending
A requested review remains unresolved and must be shown that way.
Peer confirmed
An approved reviewer has confirmed that specific expertise claim.

Benchpro records an expertise claim, its linked publication when provided, and peer-review outcome. It is evidence for that claim—not universal certification or a prediction of future performance.

Pending records remain unresolved, and records without a linked publication must be visibly identified in the signed-in workflow.

Give specific work a place on your public record.

Build a profile that connects expertise claims to publications when available and records approved peer confirmations.

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