As of 1 August 2024, I won’t review for commercial publishers: I will not accept any new reviews and might link to this post when I decline.
In the past, I thought that I was doing it for the scientific community and ignored the ethics of corporate publishing. We’ve seen many initiatives to promote open access, but most don’t address the underlying problems.
I will continue to review for academic and not-for-profit publishers, which includes society-run journals (although not when commercial publishers do it on behalf of academic societies). So this isn’t a stance against the journal editors whom I’ll refuse, and I will continue to do my bit for the academic community.
Published 1 August 2024