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The editors of the journal are the ones selecting the reviewers. It is a small community, if you are a good reviewer, the chance that your own papers get accept
by Loic 10y ago
The editors of the journal are the ones selecting the reviewers. It is a small community, if you are a good reviewer, the chance that your own papers get accepted is getting up because of course, the editor will find the right reviewers for your papers...
Source: I review papers (pretty irregularly) on Elsevier journals and my supervisor was/is editor of such journal.
- sndean 10y agoI sometimes wish researchers were organized enough to "strike" and stop reviewing papers for a period of time. Since the papers not being reviewed would include our own papers, that'll never work. Plus Prisoner's dilemma (or whatever theory I'm thinking of). Plus, they could be criticized for effectively "blocking cancer research" etc. But still, it'd be nice to see what would happen.