[ccp4bb] Off-topic: Univ California boycott of Nature publishing group

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From: "William G {- dot -} Scott" wgscott {- at -} CHEMISTRY {- dot -} UCSC {- dot -} EDU
Date: 2010-06-09

Hi folks:

Sorry about the off-topic nature (so to speak) of this post, especially given that it is not yet Friday, but I am interested what our community thinks of this:

http://library.ucsc.edu/sites/default/files/Nature_Faculty_Letter.pdf

Something similar happened with UC and Cell Press a few years ago.

I worry about the monopolistic tendencies of these journals, but I also worry about the consequences of trying to restrict faculty, students, postdocs, etc from publishing where they see fit. (Admittedly our department already holds it against you if you publish in Nature, so this may be a bit of a moot point.) At the very least, it should be amusing to watch the two beasts do battle.

Well?

-- Bill

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