Retraction Watch echoes call: pay peer reviewers, don't conscript them
RexDouglass · x · 2026-10-27
Retraction Watch amplified a public call arguing that peer reviewers should be compensated for their work rather than conscripted for free, linking to an article on the topic. The argument targets the structural problem of unpaid reviewing in academic publishing — a tension made sharper by the surge in AI paper output and reviewer burden.
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