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Math Journal Editors Resign To Start Rival Journal That Will Be Free To Read (insidehighered.com)
An anonymous reader writes: To protest the high prices charged by their publisher, Springer, the editors of the Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics will start a rival journal that will be free for all to read. The four editors in chief of the Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics have informed their publisher, Springer, of their intention to launch a rival open-access journal to protest the publisher's high prices and limited accessibility. This is the latest in a string of what one observer called "editorial mutinies" over journal publishing policies. In a news release, the editors said their decision was not made because of any "particular crisis" but was the result of it becoming "more and more clear" that Springer intended to keep charging readers and authors large fees while "adding little value."
These are academics we're talking about. They push BULLSHIT and expect the rest of us to believe them. The same kind of folks who TELL us from on high how evolution and global warming are "facts" while ignoring the huge amount of counter evidence. I bet Springer was asking them to back up their papers with facts and instead of doing so just decided, like the good liberal democrats that they probably are, to just start their own journal so they could ignore the actual science and push their agenda instead.