Why paying peer reviewers works, according to a journal editor-in-chief0

• SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
• July 8, 2026

Paying reviewers led to faster first editorial decisions and higher quality reviews in a trial in the journal open biology.Credit: Phimwilai Kitsuriya/Getty Science depends on peer review, but the process can be delayed. To solve this problem, in July 2024, the magazine open biology He tried something unconventional: paying his reviewers. In the six-month experiment,