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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Reviewers and writers actually do get a stipend, but it's a token amount like 200 bucks a year. This industry is the most ass backward incentive structure we could possibly create, the only reason writers would provide articles to a journal is literally for the clout.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Really? I’ve reviewed and published a good chunk of papers and never received any financial compensation.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Well, you received a token amount of 0 bucks an eternity.

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