Scientific publishers unite to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than a dozen scientific publishers have halted transactions or promotions of their products and services to research organisations in Russia and Belarus. ‘We have taken the unprecedented step of suspending sales and marketing of products and services to research organisations in Russia and Belarus,’ the publishers announced in an open letter on 31 March. ‘We join other organisations globally that are acting to bring about an end to this aggression and to restore peace,’ said the statement, signed by 15 publishers including Cambridge University Press, the American Chemical Society, Elsevier and Springer Nature.