Long, long ago, when we were all much younger, academic authors committed their wisdom to manuscripts and their manuscripts to academic journals. Editors would then consult with experts in the subject of the submission, who would share their opinion with editor and author alike. If editors and referees decided the submission – probably after some revision – had something to add to the world’s knowledge, it would be passed on to the journal’s grateful publisher for the very separate process of publication. Authors, editors and referees worked in happy harmony, only too glad to play their part in the collegial obligation of academics and in the social responsibility they shared with publishers to enhance the common intellectual weal.