Inside Higher Ed article describes actions by Journal of Informetrics editors:
Editorial Mutiny at Elsevier Journal
“Following in the footsteps of linguistics journal Lingua, the editorial board of the Elsevier-owned Journal of Informetrics has resigned and launched a rival journal that will be free for all to read.” By Lindsay McKenzie January 14, 2019
Checkout the new journal launched today, Quantitative Science Studies.!
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“The entire editorial board of the Elsevier-owned Journal of Informetrics resigned Thursday in protest over high open-access fees, restricted access to citation data and commercial control of scholarly work.”