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If the journal is paying a reviewer would there be more pressure in terms of turn around time? Or more pressure to accept contentious papers because the journal
by gww 6y ago
If the journal is paying a reviewer would there be more pressure in terms of turn around time? Or more pressure to accept contentious papers because the journal expects them to be highly cited or wants to pander to their authors?
I also imagine there would be people out there who would become serial reviewers with the goal of making as much money as possible. I imagine the quality of their reviews wouldn't be great either.
- michaelmior 6y agoFor turnaround time, I would probably say yes. Right now it's typically to have several months to review a journal paper. And there's really not much a journal can do if a reviewer is late other than not ask them to review again. Even if reviewers were paid, I suspect it would be difficult from a budgetary perspective to difficult to have serial reviewing be lucrative with the possible exception of adjunct faculty who unfortunately are typically very underpaid.
- ta988 6y agoI'm curious to know in what field you get months for reviewing. In chemistry almost everything is 2-3 weeks, lower for open access journals.
- gww 6y agoIn the life sciences and bioinformatics I have had to wait 2-4 months for first and second round reviews.
- ta988 6y agoWait time is different. It is due to the editor overwhelmed, and the difficulty to find reviewers and also their typesetting made in foreign country with cheaper labor.
- michaelmior 6y agoComputer science for me. It depends on the publication. Some certainly have shorter turnarounds, but several months is not uncommon.
- ta988 6y agoMost journals are asking for 7 to 21 days turnaround these days. Not sure they could stretch that more...
- gww 6y agoI have had a few papers submitted during the pandemic and the time limits given to the reviewer and the time the reviewer actually takes varies drastically. For example, one of my papers was under its second round of peer review for nearly four months. I have colleagues in similar positions with their papers as well. I do think a monetary incentive would speed up the peer review process if the pay rate was cut for late review submissions.
- ta988 6y agoYes thats because journals are struggling to find reviewers. I sometimes receive 10-20 requests a week...
- ta988 6y agoAnd you say no I don't have time or your president said horrible things and you didnt distance yourself from him (MDPI) and they come back begging you to still review or give them the name of someone who could. Quality of reviewing has been ridiculous these last couple of years for this reason, and they start to go lower in the ranks. Many professors ask their grad students to review papers for them (so they benefit for it in their performance reviews while not doing the work)