A billion-dollar donation: estimating the cost of researchers’ time spent on peer review

Abstract Background The amount and value of researchers’ peer review work is critical for academia and journal publishing. However, this labor is under-recognized, its magnitude is unknown, and alternative ways of organizing peer review labor are rarely considered. Methods Using publicly available d...

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Main Authors: Balazs Aczel, Barnabas Szaszi, Alex O. Holcombe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-11-01
Series:Research Integrity and Peer Review
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41073-021-00118-2