Editors resign from math journal, former Elsevier publisher a mini-dictator?
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- #Mathematics Journal
- #Academic Publishing
- #Editorial Resignation
- 45 out of 48 editorial board members of the Journal of Approximation Theory resigned over Elsevier's 'concerning and potentially detrimental' decisions.
- Former editor-in-chief Paul Nevai, who served for 35 years, was replaced, leading to a conflict with publisher Giampiero Accardo over editorial oversight and board expansion.
- The resignation letter cited unresolved concerns about editorial independence, with Nevai describing the publisher's actions as heavy-handed and akin to a 'mini-dictator'.
- Elsevier stated that editorial rotation is important for journal sustainability but proposed a collaborative transition that was not agreed upon.
- This marks the second mass resignation at a mathematics journal in under a month, following a similar incident with Taylor & Francis.