Where have all the reviewers gone? Discussing the importance of the peer review community

During the past decades, academic achievement has increasingly become measured in quantitative terms.1,2 The increased demand on academic authors to publish at volume has led to a disproportionately high number of submissions going into the peer-review system and, as a consequence, increased the need for reviewers. “Mega journals”3 with an open number of publications per year and journals whose business model relies upon publication fees (APCs) being paid by authors have been developed, at least in part, as a response to the focus on publication quantity rather than quality in the scientific community. [...]you as our readership are encouraged to exchange with us your ideas and give us feedback.