Mass resignations at the journal Intelligence

Numerous members of the editorial board resign after publisher installs new editors-in-chief.

Written by Noah Carl.

Intelligence is one of the few scientific journals where it is possible to publish work on controversial topics such as national IQ. Or at least, it was until now. At the end of November, members of the editorial board were notified that current editor-in-chief Richard Haier would be stepping down and would be replaced by two new editors-in-chief. While editorships changing hands is perfectly normal in academia, two elements made this handover rather unusual.¹