'We have come to the conclusion that our position as editors of the journal is no longer tenable,' wrote editors Klaus Abels and Suzanne Flynn in an open letter to authors and reviewers of the journal on 9 March. They added that measures designed to cut costs and tackle a backlog of papers ' namely assigning copyediting tasks that were previously handled by Syntax's independent editorial office to a production team without specialist knowledge of linguistics ' meant the journal could 'no longer meet the needs of our community'. Wiley says it will continue to publish and invest in Syntax. 'Any changes Wiley has made to Syntax have been designed to facilitate the timely and high-quality publishing of the journal,' says Allyn Molina, vice president for publishing development. So far this year, the editors of five journals have resigned together, according to an unofficial tally by the website Retraction Watch. This followed 12 such moves in 2023, a big increase over the preceding years...
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