@dr_norb @academicchatter Maybe journal editors should not rely on free services and start paying reviewers for their work.
@dandelionhub @dr_norb @academicchatter why? You need your papers reviewed, so you review papers. It's part of the job. Write as many referee reports as you get from others and we're all fine.
@harcel @dandelionhub @dr_norb @academicchatter but if journal charge CHF 2500 and the review are for free, does not sound fair
@Xna_NaJu @harcel @dandelionhub @academicchatter If the reviewers are paid, the manuscript will be 3000 CHF at least. How does that sound?
@dr_norb @harcel @dandelionhub @academicchatter Or maybe the journal profits could be less. I do review for those journals but I do no publish there because of the price
@Xna_NaJu @harcel @dandelionhub @academicchatter That's certainly a valid point.
But it is illusionary to assume that journals will ever reduce profits. If they have higher costs, someone will get the bill: either the authors or libraries/readers. Both exclude poorer scientists.
