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submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

And they expect you to do this for free?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Do they not have to pay for the privilege? Or is this not referring to academic publishing? (It’s not super clear, but context indicates academic?)

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago

If it is that makes it even worse. Academic publishers need to be abolished.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

Nah, they get “Exposure”!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Anyone who reviews for the major publishers is part of the problem.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

For profit corporations don't deserve your volunteer work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And yet if you aren't a reviewer it makes your CV look worse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Agreed that you should have some kind of "service" on your CV, but reviewing is pretty low impact. And if you want to review, you can choose something other than the predatory publishers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Such as? They're all predatory just to varying degrees.