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		evandijk70 on Nov 1, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It's hard to overstate what a scam academic and sc... I am not sure this is the case - My job is to perform and disseminate research to the community. To do this I submit my research to a journal, and my employer pays for them to review and edit it. Nowhere in my job prescription nor when I submit to the journal it is stated that I am expected to review, and I do not view it as my moral obligation to review. If there is a shortage of reviewers, I am sure journals will start paying them (as they should).

chrisseaton on Nov 1, 2021 [–]

> my employer pays for them to review and edit it

You don’t pay them to do this… because they don’t do it! The community does it via peer-review.

evandijk70 on Nov 1, 2021 | [–]

Well, the community is recruited to volunteer by the journals. The red cross also raises funds by recruiting volunteers to go door to door.

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