Journal boycott

摘要

Some have dubbed it the academic spring. More than 5000 restive researchers have united to boycott publisher Elsevier, vowing not to peer-review or submit papers for any of its scientific journals. Inspired by a blog post from University of Cambridge mathematician Timothy Gowers, the academics, more than 1000 of whom are also mathematicians, object to the company's pricing, and its support for controversial proposed US legislation. They say the Netherlands-based firm's practice of "bundling" journals prompts university libraries to spend money on titles they may not want.