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Robert Goodin, the founding and longtime editor of the Journal of Political Philosophy, has been removed from his
position at the journal by its publisher, Wiley.

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Goodin wrote to the associate editors and editorial board informing them of his firing, and in response many have 
submitted their resignations, including associate editors Sally Haslanger, Philip Pettit, Anne Phillips, and Amia 
Srinivasan, and editorial board members Kwame Anthony Appiah, Jane Mansbridge, Jeff McMahan, and others.

Anna Stilz (Princeton), a member of the Journal of Political Philosophy editorial board and editor-in-chief of 
Philosophy & Public Affairs, shared parts of an email she sent to fellow editorial board members.

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Wiley is not asking that we consider publishing a few more pieces that fall at the borderline and are tough judgment calls. They are asking that we increase the number of articles we publish by a factor of 10, and that we continue increasing that number year after year. This conflicts with the role of journals in our profession, which is to curate a body of well-vetted, high quality work for an audience, to provide feedback that improves people’s arguments, and to serve as a signalling device that validates the importance of someone’s work when they go up for tenure and promotion. If the top political philosophy journals now have to publish 50 articles per year, 100 the next year, 200 the next, and so on infinitely, it no longer means anything to have your article published in these journals. And the role of the Editorial team also becomes superfluous–if the aim is to rush as many articles to publication as possible, why provide careful comments?


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Jan


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Jan Szczepański
F.d Förste bibliotekarie och chef för f.d Avdelningen för humaniora,
vid f.d. Centralbiblioteket, Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek
E-post: Jan.Szczepanski63@gmail.com