The Tragedy of the Reviewer Commons.¶
Hochberg, M. E., Chase, J. M., Gotelli, N. J., Hastings, A., & Naeem, S. (2009). The Tragedy of the Reviewer Commons. Ecology Letters, 12(1), 2-4.
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Primes¶
- Free Riding
- Junior researchers who submit but never review, or prolific authors who decline reviewer requests, free-ride on the collective review burden, a phenomenon Hochberg et al. (2009) call the "tragedy of the reviewer commons."
This sourceApplies Hardin's commons framing to peer review, showing rising submission/rejection rates concentrate review burden while non-reviewing authors free-ride; directly supports the peer-review claim and the 'reviewer commons' label.
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Hochberg et al. coin the "Tragedy of the Reviewer Commons" and note some active authors are least responsive to review requests; they do not single out junior researchers.
“some but not all scientists who are active in publishing tend to be the least responsive to requests to review.”
- Junior researchers who submit but never review, or prolific authors who decline reviewer requests, free-ride on the collective review burden, a phenomenon Hochberg et al. (2009) call the "tragedy of the reviewer commons."
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