[murphyslab]

Everything noted by awjlogan is correct in my experience. To add to the question of incentive, Organic Syntheses is a non-profit corporation since its inception. It's worth reading the organization's history page:

https://www.orgsyn.org/history.aspx

Regarding compensation, the model employed for reproduction of experiments is that students associated with the Board of Editors are paid to carry out the checking process:

> Junior checkers (students associated with members of the Board of Editors) now receive an honorarium for their efforts. This change recognizes the more complex and sophisticated procedures that now appear in these volumes. Also, because of the greatly increased cost of chemicals involved in the checking process, checking editors are now reimbursed for their costs; it is no longer reasonable to expect their own departments to absorb these expenses.

The incentives here are so different from a typical chemistry journal in part because Organic Syntheses is not engaging in a race to publish as many articles as possible, nor is it aiming for novelty. They publish about 20-30 procedure papers each year, which would be comparable to a single issue at any other chemistry journal. The subjects are well-trodden areas, but often in need of greater detail than is provided in a typical report.