http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/10/en-masse-resignation-of-journal-editorial-board/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:12:38 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/10/en-masse-resignation-of-journal-editorial-board/comment-page-1/#comment-16634 Timothy Burke Tue, 10 Feb 2004 18:00:57 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1039#comment-16634 I don't think this is because ACM already has high-quality journals, though undoubtedly that helps (as does familiarity with the basic possibilities of online media). I actually don't see any real reason why such an en masse resignation is impossible or unlikely in other contexts. That's the whole point about the peer review aspect of journals, the thing that makes them prestigious: it's almost entirely done on a volunteer basis, and so is (in theory) completely mobile to open-access models of publication. There really is nothing that keeps other fields from making the leap except inertia. I don’t think this is because ACM already has high-quality journals, though undoubtedly that helps (as does familiarity with the basic possibilities of online media). I actually don’t see any real reason why such an en masse resignation is impossible or unlikely in other contexts. That’s the whole point about the peer review aspect of journals, the thing that makes them prestigious: it’s almost entirely done on a volunteer basis, and so is (in theory) completely mobile to open-access models of publication. There really is nothing that keeps other fields from making the leap except inertia.

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