Hi all, Many scientists (especially younger ones) are NOT paid by 'home institutions' (<- this term is also pretty much a mythical beast for many younger scientists). Many work contract-to-contract, or grant-to-grant. Many work in-between regardless. However, they are all asked to review regardless. I acknowledge that some journals do publish free of charge. But those where authors pay a fee should offer some sort of review fee. It would certainly help boost the likelihood that journals will get more reviews in faster - especially if they offer 4 or 5 people the chance to review, and those that accept first get the fees.
Cheers, Andrew -- Andrew Wright, Ph.D. VaquitaAreBrowncoats: Where Sci-Fi meets Science, the Cosmos meets Conservation and Firefly meets Flipper. Shiny https://www.facebook.com/vaquitaarebrowncoats. "We don't have to save the world. The world is big enough to look after itself. What we have to be concerned about is whether or not the world we live in will be capable of sustaining us in it." Douglas Adams On 18 February 2016 at 05:16, Ganter, Philip <[email protected]> wrote: > The problem is not whether or not we are being paid. We are paid by our > home institutions. The problem is the cost of getting to publications > based on research funded by public money. That has been and continues to > be the root problem, compounded by the publish-or-perish, paper-counting > mentality and the rise of predatory “open-source” publishers. > > Just this week, I have visited the websites of major scientific publishers > who all wanted over $35 for access to a single article. Preposterous (I am > reminded at the silly prices that keep most “minibar” items firmly in the > hotel room refrigerator in the US, while in South America, they are priced > reasonably and actually are a convenience). But I could often “rent” > temporary access for a few dollars. Hmmmmm. > > The major US academic funding agencies need to learn a lesson from Apple. > They need to flex their power and establish an iTunes for academic > publishing where a dollar gets you the publication you want. The > publishers can be paid royalties from this. With a bit of quality control > over which publications are part of the scheme and some peer pressure to > not submit manuscripts to publishers not participating in the scheme, we > can resolve many of the issues surrounding access to science (for that is > what we are, ultimately, discussing). > > Phil Ganter > Biological Sciences > Tennessee State University > Nashville, TN > > From: "Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news" < > [email protected]> on behalf of Steve Young <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Steve Young <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 7:57 AM > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] let's go corporate, publishing companies have! > > And then there is the argument that some just enjoy reviewing papers – pro > bono or payment is not something they consider. They like the opportunity > to be involved in cutting edge science albeit the very periphery, before it > is widely distributed. Interesting how this relates somewhat to the debate > about paying college athletes ( > http://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/why-ncaa-athletes-shouldnt-be-paid > ). > > Steve > > > From: ECOLOG <[email protected]> on behalf of David Duffy < > [email protected]> > Reply-To: David Duffy <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 1:02 PM > To: ECOLOG <[email protected]> > Subject: [ECOLOG-L] let's go corporate, publishing companies have! > > > http://chronicle.com/article/Want-to-Change-Academic/134546?cid=trend_right_h > > "So why not try this: If academic work is to be commodified and turned > into a source of profit for shareholders and for the 1 percent of the > publishing world, then we should give up our archaic notions of unpaid > craft labor and insist on professional compensation for our expertise, just > as doctors, lawyers, and accountants do." > > -- > David Duffy > 戴大偉 (Dài Dàwěi) > Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit/Makamakaʻāinana > Botany > University of Hawaii/*Ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi* > 3190 Maile Way > Honolulu Hawaii 96822 USA > 1-808-956-8218 >
