190: What happens when you pay reviewers?
From Everything Hertz by Dan Quintana
April 2, 2025 · 44 min
About this episode
The episode discusses two studies evaluating the effects of paying reviewers on the speed and quality of peer review.
We chat about two new studies that took different approaches for evaluating the impact of paying reviewers on peer review speed and quality. Links James' 450 movement proposal The paper from Critical Care Medicine The preprint from Biology Open Other links Dan on Bluesky James on Bluesky Everything Hertz on Bluesky Citation Quintana, D. S., & Heathers, J. (2025, April 2). 190: What happens when you pay reviewers?, Everything Hertz [Audio podcast], DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/PHQ2K Support Everything Hertz
People in this episode
Hosts: James, Dan
Guest: James Heathers
Topics covered
- peer review
- monetary incentives
- academic publishing
Keywords
- reviewers
- studies
- impact
- quality
- speed
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