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So, "entire staff" seems to mean 2 people or perhaps 5: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/lingua/editorial-board/ http://www.journals.elsevier.com/lingua/editor

by jordigh 11y ago

So, "entire staff" seems to mean 2 people or perhaps 5: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/lingua/editorial-board/ http://www.journals.elsevier.com/lingua/editorial-board/ I hope that these two or five people have enough pull behind them to convince other editors to do the same.

scott_s 11y ago
"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." From https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/11/02/editors-and-editorial-board-quit-top-linguistics-journal-protest-subscription-fees https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/11/02/editors-and-e..., which is linked in the submission when they mention that all of the academics on the journal resigned.
ChuckMcM 11y ago
In my experience, the editorial staff has a disproportionate impact on the quality of a journal. And having them all leave does two things, one jump starts a new journal with a lot of credibility with the field, and two really inhibits people in the field from wanting to work on the "former" journal because these people made such a public stand against its immorality.