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Re:The Unstoppable Rise of Sci-Hub (2019) by mschuster91 on Friday January 10, 2020 @03:41AM (#22009432)
Reviewers are getting paid from the university, as are the paper authors. The problem is that the journals exploit the taxpayers and grant providers.
Re:The Unstoppable Rise of Sci-Hub (2019) by chdlr on Friday January 10, 2020 @05:01AM (#22009840)
I would disagree for the first part: Review usually does not happen during paid hours or is even somehow formally accredited by universities.
Re:The Unstoppable Rise of Sci-Hub (2019) by markus92 on Friday January 10, 2020 @05:51AM (#22010072)
At my university, reviewing is explicitly mentioned to be on your own time: we cannot write any hours for it.
Re:The Unstoppable Rise of Sci-Hub (2019) by pastage on Sunday January 12, 2020 @01:29PM (#22028049)
That honestly seems like a bigger problem, if researchers are not paid for reviewing who will do it?
Re:The Unstoppable Rise of Sci-Hub (2019) by prepend on Friday January 10, 2020 @08:53AM (#22010885)
My experience is that reviewers do this as part of their duties and takes place during work hours.
Re:The Unstoppable Rise of Sci-Hub (2019) by nelgaard on Friday January 10, 2020 @09:59AM (#22011357)
Universities pay you for teaching and researching. Reviewing is part of the researching.
Re:The Unstoppable Rise of Sci-Hub (2019) by jbay808 on Friday January 10, 2020 @11:25AM (#22012078)
Not all reviewers even work for universities. Some of us are in industry, and our companies certainly don't pay us to anonymously review scientific papers.