Are the ‘gatekeepers’ becoming censors? On editorial processes and the interests of the scholarly community

St Clair, William (2016) Are the ‘gatekeepers’ becoming censors? On editorial processes and the interests of the scholarly community [Online resource]

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Questions about the proper role of learned journals and of publishers are brought to the fore in a recent exchange over suggested edits to a book review. William St Clair shares his experience and the review in question and wonders whether some learned journals are becoming afraid to facilitate discussion of academic issues.