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Mathematicians take a stand

Douglas N. Arnold, Henry Cohn

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Abstract

We survey the reasons for the ongoing boycott of the publisher Elsevier. We examine Elsevier's pricing and bundling policies, restrictions on dissemination by authors, and lapses in ethics and peer review, and we conclude with thoughts about the future of mathematical publishing.

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5 pages
Journal reference
Notices of the American Mathematical Society 59 (2012), 828-833
DOI
doi:10.1090/noti857
Subjects
math.HOHistory and Overview cs.GLGeneral Literature

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