FAQ - Posters.science - Posters.science

Answers to common questions about finding, sharing and claiming posters on Posters.science. If your question isn't covered here, check the documentation or contact us.
Posters.science is an open platform for discovering and sharing scientific posters. It makes posters easier to find, cite and reuse by giving each one structured metadata that follows FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles. It is run by the FAIR Data Innovations Hub.
No. Browsing, sharing and claiming posters are free.
The poster files themselves live in public repositories such as Zenodo. Posters.science keeps the metadata, a thumbnail image and a link to the archived file, so the repository remains the permanent home of each poster.
Type into the search box on the Find Posters page. Plain words search titles, descriptions, keywords, authors, affiliations, DOIs and conference names. Put a phrase in quotes to match it exactly, for example "machine learning".
To search one field, put its name and a colon in front of your term:
You can combine several, such as author:"Jane Doe" conference:ISMB. The filters next to the results narrow things down by language, license, year, institution and funder.
An auto-indexed poster was found and added automatically rather than shared by one of its authors. Posters.science scans public repositories for posters and checks each candidate with PosterSentry, an AI model that recognizes scientific posters. Its metadata comes from the repository record.
Each poster has a license, shown on its page. Follow that license and any terms set by the repository that hosts the file. Many posters use open licenses such as CC BY, which allow reuse with attribution.
Cite the poster's DOI, which is shown on its page. A DOI is a permanent link, so the citation keeps working even if the poster moves.
Sign in and select Like on any poster. Your liked posters are listed under Liked posters in the account menu.
You need an account to share a poster.
PDF, JPEG or PNG, up to 10MB.
Fix them before you publish. The metadata is extracted with AI and can contain errors, so always check the title, authors, affiliations and other fields on the review page.
Only to archive your poster on Zenodo. You connect your Zenodo account while publishing, and the record is created in your account, so you stay its owner on Zenodo. If you'd rather use a different repository, choose Download Locally to get your poster and its metadata files.
Yes. Upload it, review the metadata, and choose Download Locally when you publish. Then use Add publication metadata on your dashboard to add the existing DOI.
Not yet. Figshare support is planned.
Publishing creates a permanent record on Zenodo, so check your metadata carefully first. If something needs to change on a poster you've already published, contact us.
poster.json is a structured, machine-readable description of your poster that follows the Posters.science schema. It is generated for every poster you share and included when you download your files, which helps other tools and researchers find and reuse your work.
Claiming tells Posters.science that you are one of a poster's authors. The poster then appears in the Published tab of your dashboard and on your public profile, if you have turned it on.
Anyone with an account who is one of the poster's authors. Only auto-indexed posters can be claimed. Posters shared directly on Posters.science already belong to the person who shared them.
Open the poster, select Claim this poster in the Authors section, and confirm. You don't need to choose which author you are.
Not when you make it. By claiming, you confirm that you are one of the authors and agree to the Terms of Use. Claims that turn out not to be genuine can be removed.
Yes. Every author can claim the same poster, and it appears on each of their profiles.
No. Claiming adds the poster to your dashboard and profile but doesn't change the poster or its metadata. If the details are wrong and you have access to the original repository record, correct them there.
Author names are shown exactly as they appear in the original record, so citations stay consistent with its DOI. Your public profile shows your name the way you enter it on your Settings page.
Select Remove claim on the poster in your dashboard, or Remove next to "Claimed by you" on the poster's page. You can claim it again later.
Let us know which poster it is. We review reports and remove claims that aren't genuine.
Yes. If an auto-indexed poster has wrong details, isn't a poster, or you'd like it taken down, contact us with a link to it.
We sometimes retire (tombstone) a poster record, for example when it's a duplicate. It's hidden from Discover and your public profile, and stays on your dashboard marked Tombstoned with the reason. Your claim is kept, so if we restore the poster it comes back for you. Only our team can restore a poster, so contact us if you have questions.
An optional page that lists the posters you have shared and claimed, along with your name, affiliation, ORCID iD and a short bio. Visitors can filter your posters to show only the ones you shared yourself or only the ones you claimed. Anyone with the link can see it, and it gives you one place to point people to your posters. Your email address is never shown.
Your profile only lists published posters. Drafts and posters you are still preparing stay private in the In progress tab of your dashboard, and they appear on your profile once you publish them.
Go to your Settings page and use Make profile public or Make profile private. You can switch at any time. A private profile can't be viewed by anyone else.
Only if you choose. Turn on Show my liked posters on my public profile on your Settings page to add a Liked tab to your public profile. It's off by default, and your likes are never shown while your profile is private.
It looks like posters.science/profile/k3x9p2q7m4. The letters and numbers are yours alone and never change, so the link k