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No one cares. It's publications, grants, and patents.

• chrisseaton 5y ago
  > No one cares. Why do think anyone does it then?
  • eesmith 5y ago
    - they see it as a personal duty / tit-for-tat / social contract since their own papers need to be be peer-reviewed - friendship with the editors, who have asked them to do the review - belief that providing peer review for a journal helps weigh the scales in their favor when publishing in the journal - or even be a path to becoming an editor for the journal - a way to keep up with the field - they love to criticize and nitpick, and peer-review comments are more likely to get a reaction than HN - desire to be a gatekeeper Those are the ones I've come up with on the top of my head. I'm sure there are others.
    • chrisseaton 5y ago
      Half of these are examples of 'people care' as I said though.
      • eesmith 5y ago
        ?? I don't see where you said "people care". While dbcooper's comment mentions "No one cares", I believe that's specifically that employers don't care. I believe that because dbcooper's comment was in response to your previous comment 'When you apply for a promotion and they ask ...' and your earlier 'If you're employed as a researcher...'. No one disagrees with the anodyne statement that "people care". I know people who are not employed (eg, retired) and do peer review even though there is no possible career advancement involved.