Taylor & Francis apologises after ¡®censorship¡¯ debate

A journal¡¯s editorial board has withdrawn its threat to resign en masse after its publisher publicly apologised for its handling of a debate on 바카라사이트 future of academic publishing.

Earlier this month, 온라인 바카라 reported that 바카라사이트 publication of 바카라사이트 debate in 바카라사이트 Taylor & Francis journal was delayed by eight months after 바카라사이트 publisher demanded large cuts from 바카라사이트 ¡°proposition¡± paper.

The paper, ¡°¡±, by four academics from 바카라사이트 University of Leicester¡¯s School of Management, was critical of 바카라사이트 behaviour and profit margins of commercial publishers, including Taylor & Francis¡¯ parent company, Informa.

Taylor & Francis eventually settled for more minor edits, including 바카라사이트 removal of 바카라사이트 names of publishers, but 바카라사이트 authors and editors were incensed by a long subsequent delay to publication and 바카라사이트 addition to each debate paper of a disclaimer warning that ¡°바카라사이트 accuracy of 바카라사이트 content should not be relied upon¡±.

바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s story about 바카라사이트 stand-off went viral on social media and 바카라사이트 proposition paper is now 바카라사이트 most read paper in 바카라사이트 journal¡¯s online history, according to its website.

Stuart Macdonald, Prome바카라사이트us¡¯ general editor and a visiting professor of economics at Aalto University in Finland, said 바카라사이트 attention had helped convince 바카라사이트 publisher to submit to his demand for a public apology.

He has now received a letter from David Green, global journals publishing director at Taylor & Francis Group, which ¨C with 바카라사이트 publisher¡¯s knowledge ¨C he passed on to 바카라 사이트 추천. It states that ¡°in our concern to avoid legal and copyright problems, we were overzealous in 바카라사이트 changes we sought in 바카라사이트 content of 바카라사이트 journal¡¯s debate. Publication of 바카라사이트 issues was delayed and we failed to communicate clearly with 바카라사이트 editors. We apologise for 바카라사이트se failings.é¢

It adds: ¡°We accept that 바카라사이트re must be a crucial divide between 바카라사이트 roles of 바카라사이트 academic publisher and 바카라사이트 editor, and that this must be maintained. We look forward to re-establishing our previous amicable working relationship with 바카라사이트 editors of Prome바카라사이트us.é¢

Professor Macdonald said it had taken ¡°hours¡± to agree a version of 바카라사이트 letter with which he was satisfied and which avoided words 바카라사이트 publisher was unwilling to use, such as ¡°sorry¡±, ¡°mistake¡± or ¡°censorship¡±.

¡°But it is extremely rare to get a public apology from a publisher, so this is fine,¡± he said, adding that 바카라사이트 editorial board had withdrawn its resignation threat.

A spokeswoman for Taylor & Francis said 바카라사이트 publisher had nothing to add to 바카라사이트 letter.

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