> You may think peer review is over-rated. The peer review process is entirely independent from publishers and can (and do!) exist without them. > not complai

> You may think peer review is over-rated. The peer review process is entirely independent from publishers and can (and do!) exist without them. > not complain about the high cost of peer review Peer review is not paid for by publishers. It is organized by researchers who are part of editorial boards of journals or of program committees of conferences. And it is done voluntarily by researchers as part of their normal work / duties to their scientific community.