The Ecological Society of America, which has self-published its
journals for about a century, is facing this kind of issue Martin
raises below. Most of the societies that publish journals read by
ecologists have already moved to partner with some of the large
publishers (Wiley, Elsevier, Oxford University Press, Taylor and
Francis, etc.), and it is likely that the ESA will do the same within
the next year. For more information about the reasons behind this,
see this month's editorial in Frontiers in Ecology and the
Environment: http://www.esajournals.org/doi/full/10.1890/1540-9295-13.2.67.
David Inouye
At 10:42 AM 3/28/2015, you wrote:
What ever happened to the scholarly journal being a pet sideline of a
working professor, struggling by on subscription fees and small allotments
from the university's research foundation, with high-level graduate
students doing some of the editorial work as part of a stipend deal?
Perhaps not the best of all possible governance models, but it seems to me
like a better recipe for scientific integrity than being a profit-center of
a corporate machine.
Your thoughts, please...
Martin M. Meiss
Dr. David W. Inouye, Professor Emeritus
Department of Biology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-4415
2014-15: President, Ecological Society of America
Principal Investigator
Rocky Mtn. Biological Laboratory
PO Box 519
Crested Butte, CO 81224
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301-405-6946
