The cost of knowledge - in 2003? |
My former supervisor (in 1993!) Göran Englund may not be a Field's Medalist (he's an ecologist!), but already in 2003, he saw corporate publishers behaving in the same way which gave rise to the ...[more] |
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Posted on Thursday 29 March 2012 - 17:16:47 |
Competition in science: when is it too much of a good thing? |
Clearly, competition is a great incentive and I think everyone can attest to that and not only from personal experience. If competition is lacking, all kinds of bad things tend to happen. For instance, in scholarly publi...[more] |
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Posted on Thursday 09 February 2012 - 19:01:30 |
Against own assertion, Elsevier doubled price for access |
In their open letter in response to the growing boycott movement, Elsevier asserted that it had lowered cost of access:...[more] |
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Posted on Saturday 11 February 2012 - 14:04:35 |
Let's join UC and boycott publishers who profit from public research and public funds |
As I just learned (and now many others chime in), the University of California, cash-strapped due to the budget crisis of the once golden state, is considering a boycott of Nature Publishing Group: |
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Posted on Wednesday 09 June 2010 - 22:42:27 |