Comments on: Elsevier — my part in its downfall

By: What do math journals do? | Igor Pak's blog

What do math journals do? | Igor Pak's blog — Tue, 28 May 2013 00:17:05 +0000

[…] there has been plenty of discussions on math journals, their behavior, technology and future. I have been rather […]

By: Open Access Advocates Trumpet the Fall of the Paywall | Scientific and Medical Libraries

Sun, 26 May 2013 01:55:34 +0000

[…] “We the People” website and the boycott on Elsevier journals by academics started by British Fields Medalist, Sir William Timothy Gowers’ blog, and for which over 13,000 researchers signed a petition on “The Cost of […]

By: BAŞKASININ SIRTINDAN GEÇİNMENİN EN AKADEMİK YOLU | Açık Bilim - Aylık Çevrimiçi Bilim Dergisi

Fri, 03 May 2013 10:35:36 +0000

[...] karşı herkesin yapılabileceği bir şeyler var. Cambridge Üniversitesi’nden matematikçi Tim Gowers’ın önayak olduğu “The Cost of Knowledge” isimli, özellikle Elsevier’i hedef alan bir [...]

By: Mendeley, we hardly knew ye | Material Sci Guy

Mendeley, we hardly knew ye | Material Sci Guy — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:45:08 +0000

[...] The money they want is waaay more than the money they need. Tim Gowers, the researcher whose blog post launched the whole boycott, but it [...]

By: What is the Cost of Knowledge? | Don't Believe the Hype

What is the Cost of Knowledge? | Don't Believe the Hype — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:08:13 +0000

[...] Sir Timothy Gowers posted a scathing indictment of academic publisher Elsevier on his blog. His post highlighted three main concerns with the Dutch giant. First, the prices charged for individual [...]

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Anonymous — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:41:05 +0000

By: To #mendelete or not to #mendelete ? | Sylvain Deville

To #mendelete or not to #mendelete ? | Sylvain Deville — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:11:22 +0000

[...] has an awful track record: from fake journals to insane profits on journal bundles, to name a few. Everybody agrees on that, and for sure they realized it and are trying to make up [...]

By: Globalt missnöje med Elsevier | Forskarbloggen

Globalt missnöje med Elsevier | Forskarbloggen — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:09:40 +0000

[...] of Scientists Vow to Boycott Elsevier to Protest Journal Prices”Tom Gowers 21/1 2012 ”Elsevier – my part in its downfall”The Guardian 29/8 2011 ”Academic publishers make Murdoch look like a [...]

By: 오픈 사이언스 (Open Science) 운동과 지식의 비용 (Cost of Knowledge) | 조용호의 변화하는 세상읽기

오픈 사이언스 (Open Science) 운동과 지식의 비용 (Cost of Knowledge) | 조용호의 변화하는 세상읽기 — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:21:48 +0000

[...] 블로그에 팀 가우어가 해당 글을 올린 후 순식간에 많은 댓글이 달리게 되고 동조자들과 함께 만든 [...]

By: Publishing and Soft Power in an Age of Revolution | Asian Creative Transformations

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 05:54:47 +0000

[...] surrounding academic publishing. What has been termed ‘the academic spring’ started with an angry blog post by a Cambridge based mathematician about the rising costs of peer reviewed journal subscriptions [...]

By: Don't Let the Dream of Open Access Journals Die » FU20

Don't Let the Dream of Open Access Journals Die » FU20 — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:11:59 +0000

[...] advocate for open access, has in fact made a compelling case urging his fellow mathematicians to boycott publishers with the most exorbitant fee structure and to find ways to archive and disseminate information [...]

By: Don’t Let the Dream of Open Access Journals Die | CCLAH

Don’t Let the Dream of Open Access Journals Die | CCLAH — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:29:02 +0000

By: 2012-03-21: Cost of Knowledge and Elsevier boycott, new paper | IMU - News

2012-03-21: Cost of Knowledge and Elsevier boycott, new paper | IMU - News — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 07:05:22 +0000

[...] of the electronic publication age, an intensely discussed hot topic. Tim Gower’s call to action “Elsevier — my part in its downfall” in January 2012 started a boycott against Elsevier running under the title “The Cost of [...]

By: JoVE Talks Information Access at the NIH | JoVE Blog

JoVE Talks Information Access at the NIH | JoVE Blog — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:18:37 +0000

[...] began: “Lack of access to knowledge is the main limitation to human development.” Dr. Timothy Gowers, for one, has had enough of academic publishers controlling the knowledge researchers [...]

By: More reasons to support the Elsevier boycott | IMU - Journals

More reasons to support the Elsevier boycott | IMU - Journals — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 07:58:21 +0000

[...] Gowers’s excellent blog posting focused the long-standing discontent of the search community with Elsevier and nucleated a boycott [...]

By: Building New Systems for Scientists | Koa Lab Blog

Building New Systems for Scientists | Koa Lab Blog — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:21:17 +0000

[...] – thank you Tim Gowers for the post on his blog – all I can say is YES! In my opinion, the current scientific publishing model and ecosystem [...]

By: Government Policy Towards Online Academic Resources: A Review Essay | The Indian Medialogue

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:33:16 +0000

[...] Timothy Gowers blogpost, http://gowers.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/elsevier-my-part-in-its-downfall/. See also Alok [...]

By: The Elsevier Boycott, Academic Publishing and the Future of Copyright – Nicholas McGinnis | Rotman Institute of Philosophy

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:34:03 +0000

[...] pricing practices and support of draconian copyright ‘reforms’ have led to a boycott of academic publisher Elsevier, boycott which has been gathering a significant amount of momentum: about 3,000 academics have [...]

By: Panfletonegro triunfa en la ciencias - panfletonegro

Panfletonegro triunfa en la ciencias - panfletonegro — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:32:51 +0000

[...] me puse a buscar en la web si alguien había hablado sobre ello. Y me encontré con este blog de Tim Gowers que es matemático donde arremete contra las revistas científicas y su costo cada vez mas [...]

By: My problem with “Open Access” | The Lab and Field

My problem with “Open Access” | The Lab and Field — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:48:09 +0000

[...] of years. Everything from Aaron Swartz’s “liberating” articles from JSTOR to Tim Gowers abstaining from any involvement with mega-published Elsevier. I don’t necessarily disagree with either [...]

By: Can We Afford This? The Elsevier Boycott - Science & Engineering - University at Buffalo Libraries

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:03:04 +0000

[...] science, technical, and medical journal publisher in the world. This boycott originated with a blog post by Timothy Gowers, a mathematician at the University of Cambridge, UK, and a winner of the Fields medal, [...]

By: On Open Access Journals | Sebastian Schöps

On Open Access Journals | Sebastian Schöps — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:38:25 +0000

[...] an university is aware of the Elsevier boycott. The discussion was started by Timothy Gowers on his blog. Recently, he published summarizing the results of the [...]

By: Feature #02: Open Access by Geraldine Clement-Stoneham « #uklibchat

Feature #02: Open Access by Geraldine Clement-Stoneham « #uklibchat — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 00:06:35 +0000

[...] get back to January 2012 and a blog post by Field Medallist and Oxford mathematician, Tim Gower, in which he ponders on the high costs of Elsevier’s journals and the role that scientists [...]

By: Dr. Gowers and Mr. Hyde | AMS Graduate Student Blog

Dr. Gowers and Mr. Hyde | AMS Graduate Student Blog — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:29:58 +0000

[...] year at this time, Timothy Gowers famously used his blog to voice discontent towards the publishing practices of Elsevier. Two posts in recent days provide a glimpse into the work he’s contributed towards correcting [...]

By: Mendeley und Elsevier – Ein Deal mit dem Teufel? | Weltenkreuzer

Mendeley und Elsevier – Ein Deal mit dem Teufel? | Weltenkreuzer — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:34:31 +0000

[...] letzten Zeit im Mittelpunkt der Kritik der Open-Access-Initiative stand — bis hin zu einem Boykott, dem sich mittlerweile mehr als 13.000 Wissenschaftler angeschlossen haben. Das wäre jetzt [...]