Pablo Vidal-Ribas Belil B.Palop Se supone q una revista (las prestigiosas, al menos) cobra a las instituciones para tener acceso (restringido o abierto), eso sin contar las q cobran directamte a los autores. Si en vez de aceptar 40.000/año artículos se tuviesen q revisar 100, igual todo se hacía más sostenible

Pablo Vidal-Ribas Belil I have the same feeling... I accept reviewing papers (as long as they fall within my expertise), but as an editor, it gets really hard to find reviewers. In open peer review systems is even harder to find reviewers. Paying or offering discounts should be promoted in the journals.

Pablo Vidal-Ribas Belil I have been an AE for several journals for 8 years, and it’s getting worse and worse. The number of submissions increases, the average quality decreases, it is harder to find reviewers. I think the system will collapse soon.

Pablo Vidal-Ribas Belil Many of the replies here are frustrating. I get it, publishers are getting rich on our free labor. But if you submit articles, you need to review. Seems obvious. If not, the only people you are sticking it to are your colleagues (particularly ECRs!)

Roger Keller Celeste Pablo Vidal-Ribas Belil 💯 There are far too many papers being continually resubmitted until they find a home - papers that should not be published. Plus a growing belief of authors that *everything* should be published. Might help CVs but it certainly doesn’t help science.

Pablo Vidal-Ribas Belil All those saying reviewing is unpaid need to remember that so are editors. The system isn’t working and relies on people giving up their time. But only submitting papers and not contributing in other respects isn’t going to fix it. Not referring only harms authors.

Lots of good stuff here and I agree with the gist: you submit, you review. Also fair though if I never submit to Frontiers and MDPI on principle, I will also not review for them, regardless of who the authors are and how junior.

Pablo Vidal-Ribas Belil I have read some of the comments with interest. We wrote an article (link below) on this recently. You can register and read for free. I do not agree with your view point that if you dont want to review, don't submit. Two processes are not linked. timeshighereducation.com/blog/amid-high…

This is a fascinating - while largely predictable - response from the academic community. In short, we're all getting a *little* tired of having our skills and expertise exploited for no recompense. And this works both ways: I would like those reviewing my work to be paid too!

Pablo Vidal-Ribas Belil I also need to send at least 20 invitations to secure two or three reviewers. The peer review system is moving toward collapse due to for-profit journals and the publish-or-perish system, which overloads scientists.

The simple fix, at least for journals with publication fees: For every paper reviewed, earn a 20% reduction on fees for any journal owned by the company. After 5 reviews, you have a 100% reduction (no publication fee). There is no direct cash outlay, modest profit cost.

Why does this always happen…😂 #CalvinandHobbes

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Dr Keir Philip Pablo Vidal-Ribas Belil The topic of MDPI journals is a whole other issue, but I THINK this is somewhat similar to the model they are using now. If you provide service to them as an editor (not as a reviewer), you can have publication fees waived. Maybe a system like this for reviewing / publishing?

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