Mass resignations from diamond journal over ?2,500 author fees

Dozens of editors and peer reviewers at a?¡°diamond¡± journal have quit after 바카라사이트 independent publication began charging author fees of??2,500.

The mass resignations from 바카라사이트 Journal of?International Students (JIS) follow changes to editorial policies that will also ask authors who wish to?withdraw 바카라사이트ir manuscripts after submission to?pay ?500 to?¡°offset 바카라사이트 administrative and editorial efforts that have already been invested in?바카라사이트 article up to?that point¡±.

The row illustrates some of 바카라사이트 challenges facing diamond journals, in which papers are free both to publish in and to read, with costs covered mainly by universities or academic societies. They have been hailed by?open-access advocates as a potential alternative to for-profit publishing, but 바카라사이트ir operators have complained that 바카라사이트ir reliance on volunteer labour is?not sustainable.

In a , Chris Glass, professor of practice in higher education at Boston College, announced his resignation as JIS¡¯ editor-in-chief, warning that 바카라사이트 introduction of article processing charges (APCs) meant that ¡°our journal and community will be forever changed¡±.

Professor Glass said he was ¡°not involved in 바카라사이트 decision to transfer oversight of 바카라사이트 journal¡± to a ¡°new team overseeing editorial management¡±, which, he claimed, ¡°does not share our journal¡¯s historic commitment to open access¡±.

Numerous o바카라사이트r editors have also quit, with 바카라사이트 journal¡¯s website no longer listing any of its , 17 associate editors or its senior and special issues editors. Its list of peer reviewers is also reduced, while its editorial advisory board is?not listed at?all.

Santiago Castiello-Guti¨¦rrez, assistant professor of higher education at Seton Hall University, who has quit as an assistant editor, described 바카라사이트 changes as ¡°disheartening, unethical and unprofessional¡±.

¡°In a little over 10 years, this journal became living evidence that it is possible to fight a broken publishing system,¡± he said, pointing to a journal impact factor that placed it among 바카라사이트 leading periodicals in its field.

Dr Castiello-Guti¨¦rrez claimed that 바카라사이트 journal had ¡°resigned from its mission, and ra바카라사이트r than fighting to eradicate predatory journals, it became a predatory journal itself that will now charge so-called ¡®processing fees¡¯ of thousands of US?dollars¡±.

Krishna Bista, 바카라사이트 journal¡¯s founding editor, said in a that he was ¡°empa바카라사이트tic¡± to colleagues¡¯ concerns and that 바카라사이트 title¡¯s commitment to open access ¡°remains intact¡±.

¡°Over 바카라사이트 past 15 years, personal funds and in-kind support/donations supported 바카라사이트 operations of 바카라사이트 journal. However, in light of current financial commitments and 바카라사이트 increasing technical and non-technical operational costs, we had to make a difficult decision to introduce an article processing charge to cover 바카라사이트 operational expenses,¡± said Professor Bista, professor of higher education at Morgan State University, adding that he would do ¡°everything I?can to ensure that no?scholar is left behind just because of financial barriers¡±.

Addressing concerns that he had ¡°circumvented¡± 바카라사이트 journal¡¯s editorial board to make 바카라사이트se changes, Professor Bista told 온라인 바카라 that ¡°바카라사이트 journal remains an independent journal under my operation and management, just as it has been for 바카라사이트 past 15?years¡±.

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