Scientific sinkhole: estimating the cost of peer review based on survey data with snowball sampling.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are a variety of costs associated with publication of scientific findings. The purpose of this work was to estimate the cost of peer review in scientific publishing per reviewer, per year and for the entire scientific community.

Methods

Internet-based self-report, cross-sectional survey, live between June 28, 2021 and August 2, 2021 was used. Participants were recruited via snowball sampling. No restrictions were placed on geographic location or field of study. Respondents who were asked to act as a peer-reviewer for at least one manuscript submitted to a scientific journal in 2020 were eligible. The primary outcome measure was the cost of peer review per person, per year (calculated as wage-cost x number of initial reviews and number of re-reviews per year)

SUBMITTER: LeBlanc AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10122980 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature