A top journal publisher has been accused of abandoning science in favour of a “social justice agenda”.
Nature, which produces several leading science journals, faced criticism over its position on equality, diversity and inclusion from leading scientists.
Prof Anna Krylov, a professor of chemistry at the University of Southern California, shared an open letter online encouraging fellow scientists to boycott Nature until it “recommits to scientific excellence”.
She said: “The Nature group has abandoned its mission in favour of advancing a social justice agenda.”
She accused it of trying to play identity politics and promote specific demographics instead of focusing on science, which is supposed to be “guided by a commitment to finding objective truth”.
The letter was backed by
Prof Richard Dawkins, an expert in evolutionary biology, who said on X: “Nature used to be the world’s most prestigious science journal.
“Now it’s one of many accused of favouring authors because of their identity group rather than the excellence and importance of their science.”
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