Supply and Demand: Apply Market Forces to Peer Review. Ott, S. & Hebenstreit, D. Nature, 506(7488):295, February, 2014.
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[excerpt] [...] When it comes to the highly skilled service of peer reviewing, the supply is sufficiently high to keep the monetary value at zero. If, at a constant level of demand, the supply is reduced, then this price would go up. With an increased price, people could become professional reviewers to supplement their salary. [...]
@article{ottSupplyDemandApply2014,
  title = {Supply and Demand: Apply Market Forces to Peer Review},
  author = {Ott, Sascha and Hebenstreit, Daniel},
  year = {2014},
  month = feb,
  volume = {506},
  pages = {295},
  issn = {0028-0836},
  doi = {10.1038/506295b},
  abstract = {[excerpt] [...] When it comes to the highly skilled service of peer reviewing, the supply is sufficiently high to keep the monetary value at zero. If, at a constant level of demand, the supply is reduced, then this price would go up. With an increased price, people could become professional reviewers to supplement their salary. [...]},
  journal = {Nature},
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  lccn = {INRMM-MiD:c-13054934},
  number = {7488}
}

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