Prometheus in the Press

While individual Prometheus papers often receive a good deal of media attention, the journal itself occasionally makes the news.

Clare Wilson, ‘Stem cell clinics tout miracle cures for arthritis. Why patients should think twice‘, iNews, 14 November 2024

Matthew Reisz, ‘Does a film count as research – and can a journal publish it?
Periodicals need to think through the issues around film-based submissions, says professor
’, Times Higher Education, 5 March 2017

Paul Jump, ‘Resignations threat over Taylor & Francis ‘censorship’’, Times Higher Education, 5 June 2014
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/resignations-threat-over-taylor-and-francis-censorship/2013752.article

Stuart Elden, ‘Editors vs Publishers – The Times Higher story on Prometheus and Taylor & Francis’, Progressive Geographies, 7 June 2014
https://progressivegeographies.com/2014/06/07/editors-vs-publishers-the-times-higher-story-on-prometheus-and-taylor-francis/

Sierra Williams, ‘Impact Round-Up 7th June: Prometheus gagged, Einstein’s peer review, and turning repositories into journals’, LSE Impact Blog, 7 June 2014 
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2014/06/07/impact-round-up-7th-june/

Simon Appleby, ‘Report that criticizes major academic publishers is censored, and you’ll never guess by who’, Faber Factory, 9 June 2014  
https://faberfactory.co.uk/report-that-criticizes-major-academic-publishers-is-censored-and-youll-never-guess-by-who/

Ken Weir, ‘Censoring academics works well for publishers’, University of Leicester School of Business Blog, 18 June 2014  
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/management/2014/06/18/censoring-academics-works-well-for-publishers/

Pendelis Perakakis, ‘Academic self-publishing: a not-so-distant future’, Open Scholar, 19 June 2014
 https://www.openscholar.org.uk/academic-self-publishing-a-not-so-distant-future/

Paul Jump, ‘Taylor & Francis apologises after ‘censorship’ debate’, Times Higher Education, 19 June 2014  
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/taylor-and-francis-apologises-after-censorship-debate/2014017.article

Kent Anderson, ‘Hit the road – How a forgettable paper and a misguided publisher created an unnecessary controversy’, Scholarly Kitchen, 24 June 2014 
https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2014/06/24/hit-the-road-how-a-forgettable-paper-and-a-misguided-publisher-created-an-unnecessary-controversy/

Rachel Pells, ‘Taylor & Francis drops innovation journal after libel row’, Times Higher Education, 4 September 2018  
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/taylor-francis-drops-innovation-journal-after-libel-row

Rachel Pells, ‘Rejecting a journal’, Inside Higher Ed, 7 September 2018
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/09/07/journal-innovation-loses-its-publisher-after-dispute-over-articles

Will Bordell, ‘Journal shut down prior to publication of ‘shaken baby’ issue’, Justice Gap, 24 September 2018 
https://www.thejusticegap.com/academic-journal-shut-down-before-publication-of-shaken-baby-syndrome-issue/

‘Libel news’, Private Eye, 7 September 2018, p.8

Stuart Macdonald, ‘Debate can go on only if all agree in advance’, Australian, 3 October 2018, p.33

Will Bordell, ‘Only orthodox is accepted without question. Dissent must prove itself’, Justice Gap, 7 March 2019  
https://www.thejusticegap.com/only-orthodoxy-is-accepted-without-question-dissent-must-prove-itself/

Stuart Macdonald, ‘Lawyers should not be the judges of academic responsibility’, Times Higher Education, 30 April 2019  
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/lawyers-should-not-be-judges-academic-responsibility

Niels Lynøe, ‘Leder ekonomiska intressen till censur av vetenskapliga tidskrifter?’, Läkartidningen, 13 September 2019  
https://www.lakartidningen.se/Opinion/Debatt/2018/11/Leder-ekonomiska-intressen-till-censur-av-vetenskapliga-tidskrifter/