Posted On: November 6, 2015
All six editors and all 31 editorial board members of Lingua, one of the top journals in linguistics, last week resigned to protest Elsevier’s policies on pricing and its refusal to convert the journal to an open-access publication that would be free online. As soon as January, when the departing editors’ noncompete contracts expire, they plan to start a new open-access journal to be called Glossa. more
- What a Mass Exodus at a Linguistics Journal Means for Scholarly Publishing. Ellen Wexler. Nov 05, 2015 Chronicle of Higher Education
- Revisiting: Splitting the difference – does an editorial mutiny at a journal do much long-term damage? Todd A Carpenter Nov 06 2015 The Scholarly Kitchen
- Elsevier Battle Escalates. Scott Jaschik. Nov 06, 2015 Inside Higher Ed