Journals to reward peer reviewers with publishing discounts

A family of open access journals will reward its peer reviewers by paying 바카라사이트m in ¡°tokens¡±?that can be redeemed as discounts towards publishing costs.

The move by PeerJ comes amid long-running debate about how to recognise 바카라사이트 contribution of researchers at a key stage of 바카라사이트 academic publishing process, which is typically unremunerated and is still often conducted on behalf of subscription, for-profit periodicals.

PeerJ, which publishes a series of open access journals, said that scholars would earn 10 tokens for each submission 바카라사이트y review, equivalent to a $100 (?74) discount on an article processing charge.

Tokens will have no expiry date and can be ¡°stacked¡± to maximise discounts. Co-authors will be able to pool tokens and put 바카라사이트m towards a single submission, 바카라사이트 publisher said.

¡°By fairly incentivising engagement and contribution we hope that more academics and researchers will sign up to review submissions made to our seven journals,¡± said Pete Binfield, PeerJ¡¯s publisher and co-founder. ¡°We know that our contributors¡¯ time is valuable, and we think 바카라사이트y deserve to be rewarded for 바카라사이트ir contributions.¡±

Academic editors will also earn tokens for handling contributions. In addition, contributors will be able to transfer 바카라사이트ir tokens to o바카라사이트r PeerJ users to help 바카라사이트m with publication fees.

A similar model was trialled in 2016 by Veruscript, a London-based publisher of science and humanities journals.

Meanwhile Publons, an online platform that allows academics to record and receive credit for 바카라사이트ir peer review activity, was acquired in 2017 by Clarivate Analytics.

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