Friday, May 18, 2007

concerning some controversy of late ..

on a more serious note, i learned today that there is a banff protocol concerning increases in mathematical journal prices and (nonviolent) protest:


THE BANFF PROTOCOL

We agree neither to submit to, referee for, nor participate in the operation of any journal that charges an excessively high per page subscription fee, as compared to the average of the 25 highest impact journals in pure mathematics**


as for my stand .. let's say that i'll wait until tenure before i make a stand. \:

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Check the latest AMS Notices. I think there was a controversy over mass resignation of editorial board of the journal "Topology". As a side note, the spam protector letters were "oilmy", as in "Don't oilmy plants; water them instead. Everyone knows oil and water don't mix."

janus said...

you know, sometimes i fail the spam protector test. i could swear that the i's are j's, or some such thing.