The new journal, Sociological Science, is now up and running. The goal:

• Open access: Accepted works are freely available, and authors retain copyright
• Timely: Sociological Science will make editorial decisions within 30 days; accepted works appear online immediately upon receipt of final version
• Evaluative, not developmental: Rather than focus on identifying potential areas for improvement in a submission, editors focus on judging whether the submission as written makes a rigorous and thoughtful contribution to sociological knowledge
• Concise: Sociological Science encourages a high ratio of novel ideas and insights to written words
• A community: The journal’s online presence is intended as a forum for commentary and debate aimed at advancing sociological knowledge and bringing into the open conversations that usually occur behind the scenes between authors and reviewers

I congratulate them for doing this. This takes some courage to do. We need many different types of journals. And, sadly, we are lacking…