Re: Editorial board of Topology resigns to protest high prices
- From: "Z. Thargle-Whoosh" <thargle_whoosh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 18 Aug 2006 07:45:04 -0400
John Baez wrote:
1. Don't publish in overpriced journals.
2. Don't do free work for overpriced journals (like refereeing and editing).
3. Put your articles on the arXiv before publishing them.
4. Only publish in journals that let you keep your articles on the arXiv.
5. Support free journals by publishing in them, refereeing for them,
editing them... even starting your own!
6. Help make sure free journals and the arXiv stay free.
Of these, only #5 and #6 take any real work.
For more information start here, and try some of the links:
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/journals.html
(1) and (2), yes. It's good to see journals rejecting expensive
publishers (e.g. Compositio Mathematica is now published by the LMS,
through Cambridge University Press, and is much cheaper as a result).
(3) and (4), not necessarily. There are sometimes copyright issues
involved here (probably different in the USA and Europe); moreover,
people have to make their own judgements as to whether to post an
article before it has been properly refereed.
(5) and (6), yes, for those whose have the spare time...
ZTW
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