Scholars performing peer review give publishers half a $billion/year in free labor
peter.suber's bookmarks 2018-09-10
Summary:
"Scholars spend 68,500,000 hours/year performing peer review.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06602-y
The US federal minimum wage is $7.25/hour. Scholars deserve more than that, but take it as a starting point. That's a gift to publishers of at least $496,625,000/year in free labor...."