ewhac (Slashdot reader #5,844) writes:
Retraction Watch is reporting that the entire editorial staff (save one) for the Journal of Human Evolution has resigned in protest over creeping harmful changes imposed by its publisher, Elsevier.
In an open letter posted to social media, the editors recount Elsevier’s changes to their journal’s scientific and editorial processes (inserting itself into those processes) — along with staff and budget reductions negatively impacting their ability to review and publish submissions. The letter alleges that when the editorial board complained of Elsevier’s eliminating support for a copy editor, Elsevier responded that the editors shouldn’t be paying attention to language, grammar, readability, consistency, or accuracy of proper nomenclature or formatting. When the editors fiercely protested Elsevier’s ending of JHE’s dual-editor model, Elsevier allegedly responded that it would support a dual-editor model by cutting the compensation rate by half.
But perhaps most damning is a footnote revealing
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