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Answer by Allure for Why don't researchers request payment for refereeing?

The short answer is that the publisher can't afford it (the Cost of Knowledge boycott notwithstanding). If reviewers demanded payment en masse either the system will break down or they'll be paid a...

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Answer by S Cook for Why don't researchers request payment for refereeing?

I agree that reviewers provide a valuable and uncompensated service. I believe most academics, however, are sadly misinformed about the work that goes into publishing an article after the reviewers...

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Answer by cbeleites unhappy with SX for Why don't researchers request payment...

Summary:most academics I know are paid for reviewing (via their employment contract)thus it would be up to the employer (university/research institute) to charge for the serviceI'll outline the...

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Answer by einpoklum for Why don't researchers request payment for refereeing?

My personal view on the matter is that journal / refereed venue publication should be a collaborative non-pecuniary effort of scientific communities in different fields, in which nobody gets paid for...

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Answer by Cape Code for Why don't researchers request payment for refereeing?

Because keeping money out of the publisher-reviewer relationship is a very good feature of the current dominant publishing model.Some of the unwanted things that paying reviewers would result...

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Answer by Laurent Duval for Why don't researchers request payment for...

[Caveat: I agree that the publishing system is quite flawed. Meanwhile, let us have another look] While cash has become the most common payment method, it is not the only one. Let us talk about...

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Answer by R.M. for Why don't researchers request payment for refereeing?

Academics aren't upset about not getting paid for refereeing/reviewing - they're upset because journals charge too much.There's really four points in the statement "academics do pretty much all the...

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Answer by Andrew for Why don't researchers request payment for refereeing?

In some fields, for some journals, they are paid a fee. [File this as yet another example of "academia varies more than you think"...] This approach seems to be most popular with economics journals -...

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Answer by Mithun for Why don't researchers request payment for refereeing?

This is the same question that I often think. From your point of view, yes, you are right in your place. Why should not we get money for review? However, main point is who will decide to give money?...

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Answer by Nate Eldredge for Why don't researchers request payment for...

If you do this on an individual scale, as Mark Meckes says, it's basically the same as just declining to review the paper. The journal is not going to pay you; they will find someone else.You could ask...

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Answer by iayork for Why don't researchers request payment for refereeing?

Because that's not how it works. That may seem unsatisfying, but it's the answer. It's part of scientific culture that peer reviewing is done without charging, just as it's part of business culture...

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Answer by Mark Meckes for Why don't researchers request payment for refereeing?

Leaving aside arguments for and against the current system, here's what will happen if you --- as an individual academic --- are contacted by a publisher and attempt to charge a fee:You will most...

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Why don't researchers request payment for refereeing?

One of the most criticized aspects of the current publishing scheme, is that academics do pretty much all the work for free and publishers get the money.Why don't people just charge a fee when...

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