Why does it take so much time to review a paper?
From my humble experience as an editor of a top tier journal, i can tell you its the editor’s lack of effort. in general. People should only volunteer if they have and willing to give enough time to find proper reviewers and review.
This depends on many factors such as the resources available, the type of journal (we know that OA journals are faster), the average response time of the journal (reviewers included) and, of course, the fit of the manuscript with the editorial line.
With a colleague, we submitted an article that has been under review for a year now. It's coming along. I suggest you write to the editor to get a clearer picture of the situation...
So what to do? I don't have a solution but I would be inclined to keep the peer-review system as a guarantee of quality and, as a contributor, to favour journals with a decent processing time (OA or not).
Regards,
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