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Yes, peer reviewers tend to work for free. Can you give an example of an editor who works for free? I asked in the parent comment, but nobody has provided any e

Yes, peer reviewers tend to work for free. Can you give an example of an editor who works for free? I asked in the parent comment, but nobody has provided any examples (although they have downvoted it, oddly). I'm not aware of any editors who work for free for top tier journals. https://www.glassdoor.ca/Salary/Elsevier-Editor-Salaries-E230096_D_KO9,15.htm https://www.glassdoor.ca/Salary/Elsevier-Editor-Salaries-E23...

goosedragons 3y ago
Journals typically have an editor or editors in the field who is often a professor or researcher at some institution. They don't get paid.
- cpncrunch 3y ago
  It depends on the journal, but we're talking here about the journals such as Nature and Elsevier which charge large fees, and those journals do indeed pay their editors.
  - goosedragons 3y ago
    Elsevier literally has thousands of journals. They charge large fees but that goes to Elsevier for essentially hosting a website and gatekeeping. Maybe some of the really big journals like Nature pay but not those like "Journal of Algebra" or "Journal of Cleaner Production". I'm sure they have people employed called "editors" but they are not the same as academic editors who decide what gets sent to reviewers.
    - cpncrunch 3y ago
      >Maybe some of the really big journals like Nature pay but not those like "Journal of Algebra" or "Journal of Cleaner Production". Ref? Elsevier (publisher of "Journal of Algebra") does pay their academic editors: https://medium.com/@SiccodeKnecht/so-what-about-editor-compensation-89fccaf10d71 https://medium.com/@SiccodeKnecht/so-what-about-editor-compe...
jltsiren 3y ago
Prestige journals with paid editors are the rare exception. Academic journals typically have active researchers volunteering as editors, because the prestige of a journal largely comes from the people in the editorial board.
Fomite 3y ago
There are tiers of editors - including both administrative and academic editors. The latter are rarely paid. For example, I'm on the editorial boards of three journals: Epidemiology, PLoS Computational Biology, and Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. I am compensated for none of them as an academic editor.

goosedragons 3y ago

Journals typically have an editor or editors in the field who is often a professor or researcher at some institution. They don't get paid.

cpncrunch 3y ago
It depends on the journal, but we're talking here about the journals such as Nature and Elsevier which charge large fees, and those journals do indeed pay their editors.
- goosedragons 3y ago
  Elsevier literally has thousands of journals. They charge large fees but that goes to Elsevier for essentially hosting a website and gatekeeping. Maybe some of the really big journals like Nature pay but not those like "Journal of Algebra" or "Journal of Cleaner Production". I'm sure they have people employed called "editors" but they are not the same as academic editors who decide what gets sent to reviewers.
  - cpncrunch 3y ago
    >Maybe some of the really big journals like Nature pay but not those like "Journal of Algebra" or "Journal of Cleaner Production". Ref? Elsevier (publisher of "Journal of Algebra") does pay their academic editors: https://medium.com/@SiccodeKnecht/so-what-about-editor-compensation-89fccaf10d71 https://medium.com/@SiccodeKnecht/so-what-about-editor-compe...

jltsiren 3y ago

Prestige journals with paid editors are the rare exception. Academic journals typically have active researchers volunteering as editors, because the prestige of a journal largely comes from the people in the editorial board.

Fomite 3y ago

There are tiers of editors - including both administrative and academic editors. The latter are rarely paid. For example, I'm on the editorial boards of three journals: Epidemiology, PLoS Computational Biology, and Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. I am compensated for none of them as an academic editor.