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Idea: What consequences will open peer‑review badging bring for individual r...
Research Idea
Several platforms are experimenting with reviewer‑activity badging: public badges for completing peer‑review assignments. Badging incentivises reviewing work but may also create new performance‑pressure dynamics. What upsides and risks come with reviewer public badging systems?
Adam Evans, Aaron Roberts and 11 others4 Comments-
Badges can give formal recognition to otherwise invisible community service work.
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There is risk of quantity‑chasing: submitting many shallow‑quality reviews for badges.
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Badge schemes must not judge review quality only by completion count.
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Early‑career researchers may feel pressured to accept too many review requests.
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