Table 1 Demographic information of participants (n = 354)

Demographic variable

 Age (range 25–74)

318

–

36

40

34–47

 Gender

320

–

34

–

–

  Woman

168

52.5

–

–

–

  Man

152

47.5

–

–

–

 Country

319

–

35

–

–

  Canada

140

43.9

–

–

–

  Australia

45

14.1

–

–

–

  United States of America

45

14.1

–

–

–

  United Kingdom

24

7.5

–

–

–

  Other

65

20.4

–

–

–

 Occupation

354

–

0

–

–

  Scientist/researcher (e.g., professor, scientist, researcher, post-doctoral fellow)

259

73.2

–

–

–

  Student (e.g., undergraduate, masters, doctoral)

32

9.0

–

–

–

  Clinician/health care provider (e.g., medical doctor, nurse)

19

5.4

–

–

–

  Epidemiologist/biostatistician/analyst

14

4.0

–

–

–

  Research assistant/research manager

13

3.7

–

–

–

  I don’t work in science/academia/research

5

1.4

–

–

–

  Other

12

3.4

–

–

–

 Salary

354

–

0

–

–

  < $20,000 per year

14

4.0

–

–

–

  $20,000–79,999 per year

147

41.5

–

–

–

  $80,000–139,999 per year

152

42.9

–

–

–

  $140,000–199,999 per year

20

5.6

–

–

–

  ≥ $200,000 per year

21

5.9

–

–

–

 Salary (average) (range 10,000–300,000)

354

–

0

90,000

50 k-130 k

Outcome variable

 Asked to peer-review (during pandemic vs. pre-pandemic)

333

–

21

–

–

  Increased

195

58.6

–

–

–

  Stayed the same

109

32.7

–

–

–

  Don’t know/can’t remember

19

5.7

–

–

–

  Decreased

10

3.0

–

–

–

 Agreed to peer-review (during pandemic vs. pre-pandemic)

317

–

37

–

–

  Stayed the same

134

42.3

–

–

–

  Increased

95

30.0

–

–

–

  Decreased

75

23.7

–

–

–

  Don’t know/can’t remember

13

4.1

–

–

–

 Compensated for peer-review

320

–

34

–

–

  I have never been compensated

280

87.5

–

–

–

  Rarely (< 25% of the time)

29

9.1

–

–

–

  Sometimes (25–49.99% of the time)

9

2.8

–

–

–

  Always (> 75% of the time)

1

0.3

–

–

–

  Most of the time (50–75% of the time)

1

0.3

–

–

–