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Editors at Science Journal Resign En Masse Over Bad Use of AI, High Fees

Editors at Science Journal Resign En Masse Over Bad Use of AI, High Fees

Over the holiday weekend, all but one member of the editorial board of Elsevier’s Journal of Human Evolution (JHE) resigned “with heartfelt sadness and great regret,” according to Retraction Watch, which helpfully provided an online PDF of the editors’ full statement. It’s the 20th mass resignation from a science journal since 2023 over various points of contention, per Retraction Watch, many in response to controversial changes in the business models used by the scientific publishing industry.“This has been an exceptionally painful decision for each of us,” the board members wrote in their statement. “The editors who have stewarded the journal…
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