phoebe ayers Wed May 7 23:22:07 UTC 2014

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And those peer review systems have lots and lots of problems as well as upsides.

Nothing is perfect. The peer review system is definitely flawed. One flaw, actually, is that it is hard to find good reviewers. Once it took a year and a half. This is an economic problem. There is a strong incentive to publish, because of the status and recognition it brings. There is no comparable reward for review work. I enjoy it, because it exercises my critical powers. But there is little other form of reward.

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