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Costs to thee, but none for me! (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The crying ones probably are the 0.1% tbh, like, are there even people that thinks that way?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I know quite a few people who fit into that category, although I imagine they would take issue with how this meme characterises them.

A widespread concern that I see is that paid peer review may make things worse via a perverse incentive. Consider, for example, paper mills, and the conditions that cause them to arise: Publish or Perish; poor pay in academic research; lack of stability of jobs in academic research (tenure Vs adjunct) etc.. If we're concerned about the quality of peer review, then it doesn't seem unreasonable to be concerned that paying may exacerbate the problem.