#450Movement

I don’t think we are all too busy to review. I think that increasingly we refuse to work for free. Time to pay reviewers. What was the hashtag ? #450movement ?

Just pay them #450movement. Unjournal.org does, and it works. There are not 'perverse incentives' – the author is not the one paying, we are. We 're-hire' evaluators that do the best work, whether they are positive or negative about the research.

I have restarted reviewing papers but on a limited basis. Reviewing papers does nothing for my career and is exploitative of the limited time and labor.

And so in the logic of the capitalistic marketplace. I will gladly review papers in exchange for monetary compensation

#450movement

Neat case of paid #peerreview working effectively:

The journal Feminist Review (@feministreview.bsky.social) offers honoraria to its peer reviewers.

femrev.wordpress.com/2022/05/24/f...

How many other examples can we find? #450Movement

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Dear academic journal, I have just binged N hours reviewing for an article and related extensive check for articles and statistics. I will send you an invoice for my services
Oh wait I can't and I have spent that time over my other academic duties
#450movement

Why pay evaluators (reviewers)? | The Unjournal: project and communication space

Here's why we pay globalimpact.gitbook.io/the-unjourna...

@nature.com @jamesheathers.bsky.social #openaccess #450movement

Publishers trial paying peer reviewers — what did they find? Two journals embarked on efforts to compensate reviewers, with different results.

https://bit.ly/3R9ArfZ

The Unjournal pays evaluators (~reviewers), with bonuses and prizes for promptness for strong work.

We target $450 in average compensation, following the #450movement.

Academic publishers face class action over ‘peer review’ pay, other restrictions A University of California Los Angeles neuroscience professor has sued six major academic journal publishers, claiming in a proposed class action that they violated antitrust law by barring simultaneous submissions to multiple journals and denying pay for “peer review” services.

FWIW Unjournal.org targets $450 per evaluator (peer reviewer) in average compensation #450movement @jamesheathers.bsky.social

www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

@lucinauddin.bsky.social

‘Getting paid to review is justice’: journal pays peer reviewers in cryptocurrency ResearchHub Journal launches latest attempt to compensate referees for their labour.

https://bit.ly/3ZXgOx1 #researchhub

#Unjournal.org agrees: pay people for work, even peer reviewers.

We're committed to paying $450 in average compensation per evaluator, including prizes.

#450movement.

Consider joining our evaluator pool: https://bit.ly/3ZVcYEl

The estimated monetary value of peer reviewers time spent on reviews in 2019?
- over 1.1 billion for the USA
- over 600 million for China
- over 200 million for the UK

Via @BalazsAczel & @SzasziBarnabas

HT @450Movement/#450Movement

🔓https://osf.io/preprints/metaarxiv/5h9z4/