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Costs to thee, but none for me! (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

For professors it’s somewhat included but in the pay structure and an expected part of service. So you could argue that it’s not necessarily “free” time, but it’s not a great argument. Reviewers should still be paid and not expected to do this for free.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Having someone review things because it's "expected" is a great way to get people rubber stamping stuff.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Ooh, and add in ever increasing journals and submissions, and you are correct!

(Or pass them along to grad students who take it extremely seriously)

The entire peer review system is somewhat of a mess since publish or perish and citation indexes have been embedded into promotion and tenure as metrics.