Ending support for legacy academic publishing | Zavarka

peter.suber's bookmarks 2023-03-24

Summary:

"I profoundly disagree with the current system of academic publishing, and so I have decided that I will no longer give any voluntary labour to support it. I believe it no longer serves science well for us to maintain this unhealthy system. Instead, I will spend that time building alternatives....

I am, therefore, resigning from all my editorial roles. I will no longer review for any profit-driven journal. I will no longer write pre-publication reviews for any journal, but will happily provide feedback to authors or post-publication reviews for technical correctness in cases where this is necessary. I am particularly sad to leave eLife, a journal that is not only publishing some of the most interesting science, but that is also doing a huge amount to move us forwards. However, this role still required me to make editorial judgements that I do not believe we should be making...."

Link:

https://thesamovar.github.io/zavarka/ending-support-for-legacy-academic-publishing/

Updated:

03/24/2023, 09:40

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Date tagged:

03/24/2023, 13:40

Date published:

05/26/2022, 09:40