Hiring: Are you aware of the discussion around Elseviers profit margins? Various fields are considering abandoning journals (or have abandoned them long ago, see cryptography) since it is increasingly difficult to identify the value of a for-profit publisher for science. They will need to redefine their business model if sufficient scientists stop playing along for free.

„Currency“: Broad expertise, knowledge about methods and ideas are gathered by reading literature in-depth, which most scientists have little time for in modern science (hence the reluctance to engage in a long peer review process). Working as a paid reviewer for a few years can lead to a scientist who is informed very well about the state of the broader field and its various fallacies, and could move on from there. We have very few of those.

Editors: We wouldn’t have various discussions around peer review if the current system would be working satisfactorily well and nothing needs to change.