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Comment I am a reviewer... (Score 1) 22

...for three major scientific journals. Writing a review takes a lot of time, and sometimes is exausting, if you get involved with reviewing a paper that is sound, but whose authors are stubborn in making some modifications to make the paper more readable. According to my experience, the level of refereers varies a lot. I realized that some papers that I rejected would have been praised by other reviewers, so the point is not if being paid or not could decrease the level of scientific journals. However getting some kind of compensation, given the required effort, I think it would be appreciated. Rather than money, other stuff like journal subscriptions or free books from the editors could be a good alternative.

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