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I want to contend that to most non-tenured professors (outside of the States at least?) 450$, even if not enough as pay either would be a nice extra from time t
by RBerenguel 6y ago
I want to contend that to most non-tenured professors (outside of the States at least?) 450$, even if not enough as pay either would be a nice extra from time to time.
- michaelmior 6y agoAs a non-tenured professor within the US, I don't really mind reviewing for free. But $450 per review would indeed be a nice extra :)
- prepend 6y agoI like money and $450 is a nice amount (hey, free PlayStation). But my employer doesn’t allow outside payments so I couldn’t accept. And while I like money, I fee a duty to review a few papers a year, even if they are not good, or boring, or whatever. If I was being paid, I would be more likely to skip those papers because I no longer feel a duty. This may be a similar motivation described in an experiment that showed how late pickups went up when the daycare introduced late fees. [0] I think that many in academia are underpaid and should have more money. I just think that adding review fees are not the way. [0] https://freakonomics.com/2013/10/23/what-makes-people-do-what-they-do/ https://freakonomics.com/2013/10/23/what-makes-people-do-wha...
- RBerenguel 6y agoIn my (well, former) field you can only review papers if you are affiliated with a research organisation, so peer reviewers are necessarily in academia.