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Post #961160

2026-04-02 17:16 UTC

Academics: what is your annual quota for peer reviewing papers, and what proportion of invitations do you reject? I honestly have no idea what is normal or expected.

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  • @carrideen@c18.masto.host 2026-04-02 17:22

    @ntnsndr When I had a tenured job, I got the most requests--probably 7-10 a year, and I would reject maybe 30% of them, either because the journal was so janky they were asking me to review random articles on topics I don't work on, or because a journal was sending me an article I had already rejected/R&Red for another journal.

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  • @locha@fediscience.org 2026-04-02 19:15

    @ntnsndr No quota. I now reject around 90%, because it comes from high mandatory APC journals that send me stuff that should get desk-rejected. My good will has been spent by now. But I would be willing to do 5-10 if I was getting decent submissions.

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  • @fpianz@mstdn.social 2026-04-02 20:24

    @ntnsndr I do around 10 journal articles and 10 conference submissions per year. I reject all requests from publishers that charge APCs (around 15 per year). #openaccess

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  • @bwag@mathstodon.xyz 2026-04-03 12:17

    @ntnsndr In Computer Science, I end up reviewing 5-10 papers per year via request (half journal, half conference) and sit on the program committee for 1-2 conferences per year (reviewing and/or managing the reviewing of 5-10 conference papers). I reject almost no individual requests to review, but I reject 2-3 offers to sit on a conference PC per year.

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  • @CaitlinWaddick@social.coop 2026-04-03 21:46

    @ntnsndr The accompanying question might be … When you review an article: How much time do you spend with your review? … It is very time consuming to analyze (and overanalyze?), document, and explain proposed changes. I have heard from top brass that it takes an entire weekend every time. … And, as a sane person, I left academia for this reason.

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