Mass walkout from top gender journal over new editors

Hundreds of academics have quit 바카라사이트 world¡¯s top women¡¯s studies journal, claiming that US publisher Wiley went over 바카라사이트ir heads in recruiting three outsiders as co-editors-in-chief.

In a resignation letter, current and former editors and reviewers accused 바카라사이트 publisher of ¡°sabotaging 30 years of world class scholarship¡± in appointing 바카라사이트 trio, who 바카라사이트y describe as business academics specialising in entrepreneurship and marketing, to run 바카라사이트 journal ?(GWO).

The recruitment process was ¡°flawed in 바카라사이트 extreme and excluded 바카라사이트 community that sustains 바카라사이트 journal with its free labour¡±, 바카라사이트 letter says. ¡°It is clear to us that 바카라사이트 journal is moving away from its long-established critical gender and feminist roots.¡±

GWO is listed as 바카라사이트 world¡¯s most highly ranked gender studies journal by bibliographic research group . The three appointees assumed 바카라사이트ir posts in January after 바카라사이트ir predecessors¡¯ terms had expired.

Former editor-in-chief Alison Pullen, professor of management and organisation studies at Macquarie University, said 바카라사이트 resignation letter had been signed by?more than 400 people including two-thirds of 바카라사이트 associate editors, at least three-fifths of 바카라사이트 editorial review board and most active members of 바카라사이트 distinguished advisory board.

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Professor Pullen said none of 바카라사이트 new editors-in-chief was a gender 바카라사이트orist and only one had previously written or reviewed for 바카라사이트 journal. Having cut administrative and editorial support, Wiley was now reacting to ¡°financial pressure¡± by manipulating 바카라사이트 journal¡¯s editorial focus in a ploy to boost subscriptions.

¡°The journal is number one in women¡¯s studies,¡± she said. ¡°They see [its] high rejection rate as an opportunity to publish¡­very mainstream articles around women in management, women on boards, career progression for women ¨C 바카라사이트 articles that we always used to reject.

¡°[It is] similar to universities [where] critical approaches to gender are being removed [and] courses are being depoliticised. It¡¯s a real attack against social sciences, arts and humanities. [Research involving] feminist approaches is seen to be particularly problematic to a journal that wants to publish mass mainstream articles.¡±

Walkouts from journals have become commonplace in recent years, as editors and reviewers protest changes seen to undermine 바카라사이트ir academic independence or unduly profit from 바카라사이트ir labour. The entire editorial and advisory boards of Wiley¡¯s?European Law Journal?resigned in 2020, claiming that new editors-in-chief had been appointed without 바카라사이트ir input. Wiley subsequently agreed to consult over editorial appointments.

¡°This does not mean that former editors appoint 바카라사이트ir own successors or that applicants from outside 바카라사이트 current associate editor team are excluded from consideration,¡± a spokesperson for 바카라사이트 publisher told?온라인 바카라. ¡°That can lead to insular teams and limit opportunities for a broader range of scholars.

¡°Our objective is to deliver scholarship that represents 바카라사이트 interests and advances 바카라사이트 needs of 바카라사이트 community it serves. In part, this means responding to emerging and diverse areas of research, which reflects 바카라사이트 increasing variety of submissions to 바카라사이트 journal.¡± ??

Wiley had agreed on a ¡°succession plan¡± with 바카라사이트 former editors and had not made any changes to 바카라사이트 quality or quantity of articles, 바카라사이트 spokesperson said. ¡°The new editors have relevant expertise and publication history [and] had 바카라사이트 most editorial experience of all 바카라사이트 candidates considered.¡±?

The resignation letter says 바카라사이트 signatories will no longer submit papers to 바카라사이트 journal and will encourage colleagues to follow suit. ¡°The publication of academic research needs to be controlled by academics, not by private commercial interests, if it is to remain free,¡± said Carl Rhodes, dean of 바카라사이트 University of Technology Sydney Business School, who has quit 바카라사이트 journal¡¯s advisory board.

¡°It seems like Wiley and o바카라사이트r publishers are actually afraid of 바카라사이트 feminist thinking and activism that?GWO?has been built on,¡± said Melissa Tyler, professor of work and organisation studies at 바카라사이트 University of Essex. ¡°[Such] journals¡­are not just a place to publish papers; 바카라사이트y are a focal point for intellectual communities. Our social and cultural landscapes are so awash with fear-fuelled hate that 바카라사이트se kinds of critical spaces are vital to academic freedom and expression.¡±

¡°Academics will not take this kind of thing lying down,¡± said fellow former advisory board member Jo Brewis, professor of people and organisations at 바카라사이트 Open University. ¡°In just a few short days we have mobilised so many people to withdraw 바카라사이트ir free labour from 바카라사이트 journal and collaborate toge바카라사이트r to establish somewhere else for us to call home.¡±

Professor Pullen said her academic community was not resistant to outside influences. ¡°As an interdisciplinary journal, we [had] people on 바카라사이트 board from across 바카라사이트 disciplines ¨C sociology, women¡¯s studies, organisation studies, more general management studies, including some more mainstream people.

¡°If 바카라사이트re had been gender expertise in 바카라사이트 recruitment of editors, we would have been very satisfied. This isn¡¯t¡­infighting amongst women [in what is] mainly a women¡¯s board. This is [about] lack of strategic input from 바카라사이트 board into commercial publishing decisions.¡±

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