The majority of the editorial board of the Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics journal have resigned en masse after the publisher replaced the journal’s editors without warning. Also departing are the honorary editor and statistical consultants.
Karger’s publication manager notified Jenny Guidi, one of then the editors in chief, by email that her contract would not be renewed at the end of its term, and "it was time for the journal to take a new direction". She emailed Karger’s chairwoman and the company CEO asking for clarification, "since it all had happened without justified reasons", but didn’t receive an answer.
Karger replaced Guidi, Cosci and their assistant editors with an employee as managing editor, according to Giovanni Fava, honorary editor of the journal. Karger’s decision to replace the editorial leadership "was taken without consulting me and the editorial board", Fava said. In response, he, the journal’s statistical consultants, and 70% of the editorial board members resigned. "The event is in line with the growing attacks of publishers to the independence of editors and editorial board which led to mass resignations in other journals", Fava said.
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