October 9, 2025Open Access

Will anyone review this paper? Screening, sorting, and the feedback cycles that imperil peer review

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Increased submissions overwhelm the pool of suitable peer reviewers, risking review quality and accuracy.
Peer review relies on unpaid labor, lacking market incentives to recruit additional qualified reviewers.
Higher expectations for high-impact publications encourage more authors to submit to journals beyond their reach.
Interventions are needed to address the feedback loops leading to peer-review breakdown and enhance its sustainability.

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Mathematical models reveal feedback cycles in peer review, showing increased submissions strain reviewers' capacity.

Bergstrom et al. (2025) studied this question.

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