Researcher praises review quality but questions whether peer review itself is worth the effort

moarbugs · x · 2026-09-22

A researcher reports that the reviewers' feedback on his submission has been generally high quality, and he is grateful for their time. Yet he raises a pointed question: given the widening gap between conducting research and actually disseminating results, he doubts whether going through the peer-review exercise is worthwhile at all — a sentiment that echoes broader frustration with the timeliness and value of the current academic publishing pipeline.

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