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I also just reviewed a massive review article. Just thoroughly reading through it once and noting what I thought the main issues were took several hours. Writin
by montecarl 5y ago
I also just reviewed a massive review article. Just thoroughly reading through it once and noting what I thought the main issues were took several hours. Writing up my comments took a few more. It ended up being rejected for publication. By the end I wasn't quite sure why I participated. I don't work for a university; I work for a small company and it certainly isn't part of my paid work! I guess I view it as a certain professional responsibility (almost like jury duty is), but it doesn't really scale well.
- dbcooper 5y agoYeah, I take it as a professional or civic duty. I'm a junior professor, and am currently not getting paid while I wait until I can return to my campus. Covid has done a number on my lab, so I don't have a suitable grad student to help me at the moment. The company who publishes the journal makes plenty of money ...
- dbcooper 5y agoAnother publishing anecdote for the thread: One of the big publishers asked me to write a chapter of a bioengineering textbook. Compensation? Digital access to the book for 12 months. Not even a hardcopy!
- siva7 5y agoI think you got it wrong. The compensation is exposure which is important for most academics.
- dbcooper 5y agoA chapter in a crappy text is worthless for tenure, grants etc. It doesn't count at all for meeting your publication goals.
- Robotbeat 5y ago“Exposure.” That’s what we tell interns and wannabe artists when we give them unpaid jobs or use their work for free. And that has become kind of frowned upon as of the last 5 years, so perhaps should doing massive amounts of work for free for a non-free-access publication.
- h2odragon 5y agoSounds like the old scam: "Your child could be in this years edition of Who's Who of Bumfuck County, TN" for only $120 ($200 even and you get a copy of the book, too)