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Publishers trial paying peer reviewers – what did they find?

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mmooss ◴[02 Apr 25 18:50 UTC] No.43560086[source]▶
What are the requirements of a review? And what is the marketplace for someone meeting those requirements?

What expertise is required - someone who researches the same questions? Same general domain? Adjacent domain?

And how long does it take? I imagine that depends on many details.

Finally, what are they reviewing for? Is it a once-over for errors in method? Something like grading a student paper?

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1. goosedragons ◴[02 Apr 25 23:03 UTC] No.43562794[source]▶
Generally they want to know is this paper worth publishing and what are things that need fixing, clarification, etc. The reviewers should be people that understand the topics in the paper so they can identify issues, these are usually people that have published articles on similar topics, or people those people recommend. It's more in-depth than grading a paper.