petersuber<p>The editorial board of the 52-yr old _Journal of Human Evolution_ just resigned to protest <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Elsevier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elsevier</span></a>'s interference with editorial practices, reducing journal quality, and insistence on a high <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APC</span></a> ($3990), reducing its affordability to authors in the field. "We all care deeply about the journal, our discipline, and our academic community; however, we find we can no longer work with Elsevier in good conscience."<br><a href="https://retractionwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Social-Media-Statement-re-JHE-Resignations.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">retractionwatch.com/wp-content</span><span class="invisible">/uploads/2024/12/Social-Media-Statement-re-JHE-Resignations.pdf</span></a></p><p>There's no sign yet that the editors will launch a new <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> journal somewhere else. So I've not yet added it to the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OAD</span></a> list of journal <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DeclarationsOfIndependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeclarationsOfIndependence</span></a> <br><a href="https://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Journal_declarations_of_independence" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Journa</span><span class="invisible">l_declarations_of_independence</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Resignations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resignations</span></a></p>