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Well I'm on the UCLA faculty and it's definitely being discussed pretty widely amongst my department.

• apo 8y ago
  Good to know. How many faculty have indicated in these discussions that they will materially change their behavior?
  • skosuri 8y ago
    Email discussion started yesterday; amongst 20 or so faculty half a dozen agreed to not review. We'll probably discuss at the next faculty meeting or the holiday party that's about to start.
• klopthrow 8y ago
  What are drawbacks to their careers from agreeing not to review? I understand that reviewing is really a community service and done without tangible or much intengible compensation. And reviewing is anonymous. For tenured professors, there should be few problems and Elsevier probably wont retaliate, or will they? What are reasons for the controversay besides academic freedom?
  • skosuri 8y ago
    Honestly nothing really. It’s more that there are papers that I am often the best person to review them (because of particular expertise). I often just don’t pay attention to where it’s coming from.