🧵 Does anonymous peer review benefit scientific publishing and advancement of science?

Should peer reviewers be paid to review academic papers?

Paying for reviews could increase the pool of reviewers. Payment could also increase the motivation to peer review, encourage increased speed and reviews of improved quality, and might even tap into the pool of retired researchers
-Phaik Yeong Cheah Jan Piasecki
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Phaik Yeong Cheah Jan Piasecki Hilary Humphreys supports the principle of trialling payment for #peerreview for the reasons argued by Cheah & Piasecki, and for other reasons as well. Peer review activities are usually added to routine commitments in universities often delaying publication
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The $450 question: Should scientific journals pay peer reviewers? Jeffrey Brainard Science Magazine
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