Time to rethink academic publishing: the peer reviewer crisis

There is concern that the time taken to publish academic papers in microbiological science has significantly increased in recent years. While the data do not specifically support this, evidence suggests that editors are having to invite more and more reviewers to identify those willing to perform pe...

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Published inmBio Vol. 14; no. 6; p. e0109123
Main Authors Tropini, Carolina, Finlay, B Brett, Nichter, Mark, Melby, Melissa K, Metcalf, Jessica L, Dominguez-Bello, Maria Gloria, Zhao, Liping, McFall-Ngai, Margaret J, Geva-Zatorsky, Naama, Amato, Katherine R, Undurraga, Eduardo A, Poinar, Hendrik N, Gilbert, Jack A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Society for Microbiology 19.12.2023
Subjects
artificial intelligence
early career researcher
Editorial
Human Microbiome
peer review
peer review crisis
reviewer rewards
peer review crisis
peer review
early career researcher
artificial intelligence
reviewer rewards
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Summary:There is concern that the time taken to publish academic papers in microbiological science has significantly increased in recent years. While the data do not specifically support this, evidence suggests that editors are having to invite more and more reviewers to identify those willing to perform peer review.
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ISSN:2150-7511
2150-7511
DOI:10.1128/mbio.01091-23