On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Alexei Koudinov wrote: > I am writing to invite you to read a follow up on "Call for Boycott of > Cell Press Journals". > <http://stlq.info/archives/001106.html#comments>
Therein Dr. Koudinov writes: "my major concern would be not [journal toll-access] cost but the quality of science that one gets in exchange." Without prejudice as to the validity of the specific ethical issue that Dr. Koudinov raises against various parties in his open letter, the American Scientist Open Access Forum is devoted specifically to open-access concerns rather than journal editorial policies or ethics. So could I ask that follow-ups on this thread focus only on the open-access issues rather than the ethical ones? There are other suitable fora for discussing the ethics of journal contents; this one concerns only how to provide free access to them. Stevan Harnad
