Reject the status quo – assess the research, not the journal

By Brianne Kent. This month, Marian Joëls, Monica Di Luca, and Barry Everitt, who are the former president, current president, and president-elect, respectively, of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, wrote an article in the European Journal of Neuroscience calling for the academic system to be reformed. They urge scientists to “stand up and organize an orchestrated rejection of the status quo” that they explain is counter-productive to scientific progress. More...