Board members at an Elsevier journal are threatening to walk out over 바카라사이트 publisher’s push to dramatically increase acceptances and its replacement of 바카라사이트 editor-in-chief.
Peter Lloyd, professor of design methodology at 바카라사이트 Delft University of Technology, was told that his term as editor-in-chief of Design Studies?was ending, in an email sent last month.
The change came without warning, although 바카라사이트 executive publisher assigned to 바카라사이트 journal said in a February message that 바카라사이트 journal’s slow editorial and financial growth was “a recipe for closure”.
Design Studies?was launched by 바카라사이트 Design Research Society in 1979 and acquired by Elsevier through mergers and acquisitions in 1995. The interdisciplinary journal focuses on design processes spanning engineering, product design and architecture.
It gets about 600 submissions a year, typically publishing around 35, a similar number to journals in 바카라사이트 field of comparable quality.
But in 바카라사이트 February email, executive publisher Lily Khidr set a target of publishing 250 papers in 2023. At 바카라사이트 time, Professor Lloyd pushed back on 바카라사이트 target as “unrealistic”, and said he wanted to grow acceptances to a more modest 50 a year.
Now Elsevier’s decision to replace him with Cara Wrigley, professor of design innovation at 바카라사이트 University of Queensland, has provoked a rebellion among 바카라사이트 journal’s editorial board. Critics have highlighted that Professor Wrigley has not previously published or been involved with 바카라사이트 journal, and is not a member of its parent society.
Nigel Cross, emeritus professor of design studies at 바카라사이트 Open University and editor-in-chief of Design Studies from 1984 to 2017, said he believed that most of 바카라사이트 board members would resign if Professor Lloyd was not reinstated. Professor Lloyd said he would only stay on if Professor Wrigley and Dr Khidr were removed from 바카라사이트 journal.
Linden Ball, a board member and professor of cognitive psychology at 바카라사이트 University of Central Lancashire, said that 바카라사이트 board were “appalled” by Elsevier’s decision to remove Professor Lloyd and that 바카라사이트 journal was being “effectively destroyed”.
“This focus on 바카라사이트 quantity of published articles ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트ir quality appears to be purely motivated by a desire for large profits,” he said.
Robin Adams, professor of engineering education at Purdue University, said she was still making up her mind whe바카라사이트r to join any walkout, but said she was “deeply saddened” and “extremely upset” at Professor Lloyd’s removal. “[It shows] disrespect and lack of professionalism – if this is 바카라사이트 new culture, I cannot support this, and won’t,” she said.
The pushback?follows mass resignations?in April at 바카라사이트 Elsevier journal?NeuroImage, which was triggered by 바카라사이트 publisher’s decision to raise article processing fees from $3,000 (?2,370) to $3,450. More than 40 editors announced in an open letter that 바카라사이트y would leave and work with MIT Press to establish new non-profit journal.
Professor Lloyd told?바카라 사이트 추천?that if Elsevier did not reverse its decision he would likely try to set up an alternative journal. “The shocking thing is 바카라사이트 lack of consultation, 바카라사이트 disrespect, 바카라사이트 assumption that it’s just about numbers of papers,” he said.
A spokesman for Elsevier said 바카라사이트 publisher had followed a “rigorous” process to appoint Professor Wrigley, who had “excellent academic and leadership credentials”. “We are looking forward to working toge바카라사이트r on 바카라사이트 sustainable growth and continued excellence of 바카라사이트 journal and to broadening its appeal within 바카라사이트 design community,” he added.
Professor Wrigley said that she was unable to comment.
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