In defense of a minimum referee ratio
Ingrid Robeyns,
Crooked Timber,
Dec 05, 2024
The reviewer shortage isn't, as Ingrid Robeyns claims, "a collective action problem." I have stopped refereeing papers entirely (though the requests keep pouring in). It's not just that it's unpaid labour for (often) commercial entities. It's that I think the pre-publication peer review system is broken and needs to be replaced with a system for open and post-publication peer review. No more 'mystery reviewer #2'. No more secret requirements that 'the literature' (ie., other papers in the same journal) be cited. No more inner cicles of people positively reviewing each others' stuff. And also, by making reviewing open and post-publication, we have a strong case for open access publishing, of for no other reason we have eliminated much of the expense of publishing a journal. Image: UAB Libraries.
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