{"id":26520,"date":"2026-07-02T08:54:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/?p=26520"},"modified":"2026-07-02T18:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:04:15","slug":"250e-per-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/sciencesurf\/2026\/07\/250e-per-review\/","title":{"rendered":"250\u20ac per review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.64898\/2026.06.02.729548v1\">bioRxiv preprint<\/a> examining traditional peer review that is slowed by delays finding reviewers and waiting for reports.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, Biology Open expanded its Fast &amp; Fair peer review model, using pre-contracted, paid reviewers (\u00a3220 or 250\u20ac per manuscript, paid only for timely, quality reviews) with a structured editorial timeline. The program cut time to first decision from 38 to 6 working days, and improved reviewer commitment: higher acceptance (67% vs 23%) and higher completion (98% vs 87%). Review quality and acceptance rates were unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>So it is overdue to replace ad hoc reviewer recruitment with paid, deadline-driven, quality-contingent review.<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-note\">\n  <span class=\"mod1\">CC-BY-NC Science Surf , accessed 03.07.2026<\/span>\n <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a new bioRxiv preprint examining traditional peer review that is slowed by delays finding reviewers and waiting for reports. In 2025, Biology Open expanded its Fast &amp; Fair peer review model, using pre-contracted, paid reviewers (\u00a3220 or 250\u20ac per manuscript, paid only for timely, quality reviews) with a structured editorial timeline. The program &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/sciencesurf\/2026\/07\/250e-per-review\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">250\u20ac per review<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-note-worthy","category-ai-supported"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26520"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26522,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26520\/revisions\/26522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}