We reflect on the life and influence of the academic journal, charting their history and contributions, discussing how their influence changed society, and examining how in death they will be mourned for what they initially stood for but in the end had moved so far from that they will less missed than they might have been.
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@article{arxiv.2512.23915,
title = {In Memorium: The Academic Journal},
author = {Russell Beale},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.23915},
year = {2026}
}