Over the years, many open access journals have reviewed their article processing charges upward. Some charge more than USD 2000 per accepted article, yet pay reviewers nothing. Should the academic community continue to accept this? Could this have been impacting on the quality of the peer-review process? How can the current narrative be changed without compromising the quality of the peer review process?
This question has been discussed here very often. See these discussions (just a selection):
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_many_researchers_think_publishers_journals_should_pay_for_their_content_and_also_for_peer_review/1
https://www.researchgate.net/post/If_there_is_ever_going_to_be_a_time_peer_reviewers_will_be_paid_for_their_services_the_time_is_now/1
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Should_journals_pay_for_peer_review_work/1
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Why_open-access_journals_reviewers_do_not_get_paid_for_their_job/1
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Why_dont_journals_pay_reviewers_and_still_sell_publications/1
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Why_dont_journals_pay_to_reviewers_as_they_bleed_authors_for_publication_fees/1
See also:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Reviewers_participation_should_be_considered_too/1
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What-are-the-benefits-of-being-a-reviewer-for-a-journal/1
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Rewarding_the_work_of_the_referees/1
See also this discussion: https://www.researchgate.net/post/Why-the-article-reviewing-peer-review-in-Journal-and-Conference-is-a-voluntary-work/1