Re: [ccp4bb] Off-topic: Univ California boycott of Nature publishing group
On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 21:50:10 -0700 William G. Scott wgsc...@chemistry.ucsc.edu wrote: Sorry about the off-topic nature (so to speak) of this post, especially given that it is not yet Friday, but I am interested what our community thinks of this: http://library.ucsc.edu/sites/default/files/Nature_Faculty_Letter.pdf There has been a rather extensive discussion on slashdot: http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/06/09/213256/Univ-of-California-Faculty-May-Boycott-Nature-Publisher Also take a gander at Donald Knuth's section crisis in scientific publishing on his webapge: http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/news03.html with a link to an excellent letter he sent to Journal of Algorithms a few years ago: http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/joalet.pdf -Tim -- - Tim Fenn f...@stanford.edu Stanford University, School of Medicine James H. Clark Center 318 Campus Drive, Room E300 Stanford, CA 94305-5432 Phone: (650) 736-1714 FAX: (650) 736-1961 -
[ccp4bb] Off-topic: Univ California boycott of Nature publishing group
Hi folks: Sorry about the off-topic nature (so to speak) of this post, especially given that it is not yet Friday, but I am interested what our community thinks of this: http://library.ucsc.edu/sites/default/files/Nature_Faculty_Letter.pdf Something similar happened with UC and Cell Press a few years ago. I worry about the monopolistic tendencies of these journals, but I also worry about the consequences of trying to restrict faculty, students, postdocs, etc from publishing where they see fit. (Admittedly our department already holds it against you if you publish in Nature, so this may be a bit of a moot point.) At the very least, it should be amusing to watch the two beasts do battle. Well? -- Bill
