Instead, the editorship of NeuroImage and NeuroImage: Reports is merging to launch a new non-profit OA journal called Imaging Neuroscience, with a much lower APC.

I will edit Registered Reports (RRs) at this journal, which will also be PCI RR-friendly.

https://rr.peercommunityin.org/about/pci_rr_friendly_journals

This means you will be able to submit your RR preprint to @pcirr, get openly reviewed and recommended and then publish in Imaging Neuroscience (or any other eligible journal) without further peer review.

This preprint-led workflow gives maximum power to authors while ensuring rigorous review, and is the future of the Registered Reports format.

There remain some loose ends to tie up concerning ongoing submissions at NI and NI:R. If you have a RR in progress with NI, or NI:R is listed as a PCI RR-friendly journal in your Stage 1 recommendation, then I will contact you individually to explain the options.

But the short of it is that you will either be able to continue with NI/NI:R or Imaging Neuroscience will have your back.

This resignation draws a final line under 10 years of various editorial roles I have had at Elsevier journals. I have felt conflicted the whole time.

A small number of key people within Elsevier were instrumental in supporting Registered Reports in the early years, and I’m very grateful to them (you know who you are).

But those people are now gone and the company as a whole is a parasite. So let's move forward together as a community and leave Elsevier behind.

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