Sustainability of Scholarly Labour in a Billion‐Dollar Publishing Industry - Shah - 2026 - Learned Publishing - Wiley Online Library
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Summary:
"Key Points
- Commercial scholarly publishing profits from unpaid peer-review labour.
- Researchers and editors provide essential labour without compensation.
- Peer review is one of the largest forms of unrecognised scholarly labour.
- Publishers can afford to compensate reviewers.
- Reviewer compensation is necessary for a fairer and more sustainable publishing system."