A special journal for controversial ideas

It will be interesting to see where this goes. Hopefully the peer-review process will ensure it doesn't become a free-for-all of every nutjob under the sun. There's not very much detail in the article, though there's a link to a 30 minute radio programme.

Academics who are frightened to explore controversial topics, in case it provokes a backlash, will soon have a safer route to publish such work. An international group of university researchers is planning a new journal which will allow articles on sensitive debates to be written under pseudonyms. They feel free intellectual discussion on tough issues is being hampered by a culture of fear and self-censorship. The Journal of Controversial Ideas will be launched early next year.

Prof McMahan stressed that the new cross-disciplinary publication will be fully peer-reviewed in line with normal academic standards. "The screening procedure will be as rigorous as those for other academic journals. The level of quality will be maintained," he said. He and his colleagues are establishing an intellectually diverse international editorial board with representation from the left and the right, as well as religious and secular thinkers, to ensure the journal is not identified with a specific viewpoint. They will soon issue a call for papers.

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