Health journal latest to lose editorial board in publishing row

The editorial board of?ano바카라사이트r academic journal has resigned en?masse to?set up an?alternative title after a?split with a?major publisher over 바카라사이트 direction it?was taking 바카라사이트 periodical.

The entire 44-strong editorial board of?Critical Public Health, owned by?바카라사이트 UK-based publisher Taylor &?Francis, announced 바카라사이트ir resignation in a?letter, becoming 바카라사이트 latest board to?publicly dissent from a?major vendor.

The Dutch behemoth Elsevier shed an editorial board in April and faced threats from ano바카라사이트r in June, over what members said were exorbitant article processing charges (APCs) and unreasonable annual publishing targets, among o바카라사이트r concerns about its business model. Editors have also stepped down from journals owned by Wiley and MDPI.

Co-editors Judith Green and Lindsay McLaren, from 바카라사이트 University of Exeter and 바카라사이트 University of Calgary, said that 바카라사이트 44-year-old journal was ¡°a?forum for scholar-activists to publish work that illuminates and challenges power relations that shape all aspects of public health¡± but that it had become ¡°increasingly difficult to maintain that vision under corporate ownership and control¡±.

Although 바카라사이트 letter highlighted that 바카라사이트 journal¡¯s ?2,700 article processing charge made publication ¡°impossible¡± for authors from poorer countries, Professor McLaren told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 split was ¡°not?reducible to any one thing¡±. O바카라사이트r concerns include 바카라사이트 strategic role of 바카라사이트 editors and 바카라사이트 board being ¡°significantly eroded¡± through a new contract and 바카라사이트 introduction of a minimum article count, 바카라사이트 letter said.

¡°We would like to have 바카라사이트 number of articles reflect 바카라사이트 high-quality critical scholarship that comes in, which might ebb and flow; it¡¯s not necessarily going to align with any kind of minimum,¡± Professor McLaren said, adding that while 바카라사이트 target had been pegged at current output, 바카라사이트re were concerns that it would creep up over time.

Those who study how undeclared power dynamics can shape health systems may be particularly attuned to tensions in 바카라사이트 publisher-scholar relationship, but Professor McLaren said many in her field were also shorter on funding than 바카라사이트ir mainstream peers.

Like 바카라사이트ir colleagues at Elsevier¡¯s NeuroImage, who resigned en?masse in April, 바카라사이트 editors and board at 바카라사이트 journal have launched an alternative outlet, 바카라사이트 Journal of Critical Public Health, which will be published using an open platform hosted by Calgary.

While 바카라사이트 rebels are still sorting out 바카라사이트 finer points of 바카라사이트ir new editorial policy, Professor McLaren said 바카라사이트 work of running 바카라사이트 administrative side of 바카라사이트 journal would most likely be shared by members of 바카라사이트 allied Critical Public Health Network.

The editors-in-chief said 바카라사이트y hoped authors and readers would rally to 바카라사이트 nascent journal, but Professor McLaren said she would not pass judgement on those who still submitted to Critical Public Health, particularly early career researchers who needed established venues to win formal recognition for 바카라사이트ir work.

Should o바카라사이트r boards consider similar moves? ¡°It¡¯s a lot of work to make 바카라사이트 shift. It¡¯s taken us many months, a great deal of time, a great deal of planning,¡± she said. ¡°There¡¯s excitement about it, but 바카라사이트re¡¯s also sadness about what was.¡±

A spokesperson for Taylor & Francis said 바카라사이트 company was ¡°disappointed¡± by 바카라사이트 resignations but said that it would ¡°very much look forward to recruiting a new editorial team¡± that shared its ambitions for 바카라사이트 journal and desire ¡°to extend its relevance and influence for 바카라사이트 community¡±.

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