Recently, I have noticed a greater delay in the peer review process in journals in general (Elsevier, Wiley, Taylor and Francis, SAGE...). Among others, two factors contribute to this: i) the increased number of articles submitted and ii) the lack of reviewers, mainly in top journals. What strategies could be developed in this second case to encourage researchers to review articles seriously and promptly?
One idea might be for the journals, or better still the publishers, to give reviewers open access to either the particular journal or the publisher's set of journals (e.g. all social science journals), to people who do not have access through any institution. Sage did this with me in 2014, when I had no access through an academic institution, and I really appreciated it. They gave me 1 month's free and open access to all their journals. This might get more retired and disaffiliated, or ex-academics involved into refereeing.
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join this group of people. I found various information about the publication of journals with no charges as well. They have recently provided free access book links for members.
This helps me a lot, similarly other can be benefitted.
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