Actions speak louder than words. Dilogy on the decision of the journal Acta Biochimica Polonica  to exclude Russian science from publishing

Nataliia Voloshchuk; Gregor Becker

doi:10.18388/abp.2020_6371

Actions speak louder than words. Dilogy on the decision of the journal Acta Biochimica Polonica to exclude Russian science from publishing

Nataliia Voloshchuk Group for Bioethics In Life Science, Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University Kraków, Kraków, Poland
Gregor Becker Group for Bioethics In Life Science, Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University Kraków, Kraków, Poland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18388/abp.2020_6371

Abstract

For the time being, as one of only a few journals world-wide, the scientific journal Acta Biochimica Polonica (henceforth ABP) has decided not to accept manuscripts submitted by authors affiliated with Russian institutions. This is a strong symbolic act of solidarity with Ukraine being assaulted by Russia. The questions are, however, how this unprecedented boycott of researchers from publishing because their nation leads a criminal war could be justified, and how this harsh action is in accordance with fundamental principles of science and its system.

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Published

2022-07-25

Issue

Vol. 69 No. 3 (2022)

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Articles

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