Time to rethink academic publishing: the peer reviewer crisis

Carolina Tropini; B. Brett Finlay; Mark Nichter; Melissa K. Melby; Jessica L. Metcalf; Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello; Liping Zhao; Margaret J. McFall-Ngai; Naama Geva-Zatorsky; Katherine R. Amato; Eduardo A. Undurraga; Hendrik N. Poinar; Jack A. Gilbert

doi:10.1128/mbio.01091-23

Time to rethink academic publishing: the peer reviewer crisis

Carolina Tropini^*, B. Brett Finlay, Mark Nichter, Melissa K. Melby, Jessica L. Metcalf, Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, Liping Zhao, Margaret J. McFall-Ngai, Naama Geva-Zatorsky, Katherine R. Amato, Eduardo A. Undurraga, Hendrik N. Poinar, Jack A. Gilbert^*

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e0109123
Journal	mBio
Volume	14
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01091-23
State	Published - Dec 2023

Keywords

artificial intelligence
early career researcher
peer review
peer review crisis
reviewer rewards

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Microbiology
Virology

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