Should academics be paid for peer review? | THE News

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Summary:

"A big part of being an academic is working for free. Not only do many researchers work beyond their contracted hours, as other employees do, but they also agree to review the work of their peers, unpaid. Yet with publishers struggling to find reviewers for an ever greater volume of new papers, and some questioning the ethics of the voluntary system, some journals think it is time that peer review came with a pay cheque. Veruscript is a London-based publisher that, in June, will begin the launch of four new journals, two in the sciences and two in humanities. Reviewers will be entitled to a slice of a paper’s article processing charge (APC) and have three options: they can take a cash reward; save up credits to put towards their own publishing costs in the future; or donate these credits to help researchers who want to publish but cannot afford APCs ..."

Link:

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/should-academics-be-paid-for-peer-review

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oa.new oa.comment oa.peer_review oa.publishers oa.business_models oa.gold oa.fees oa.economics_of oa.labor oa.journals

Date tagged:

03/17/2016, 09:50

Date published:

03/17/2016, 05:24