Bay Area leads revolt against scientific journals..Scientists call for boycott, launch open-access project
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Source: San Francisco Chronicle "Bay Area leads revolt against scientific journals..Scientists call for boycott, launch open-access project"
More press coverage for the Public Library of Science and a journal boycott at the University of California, San Francisco. From the article, In another move, two prominent UCSF scientists called last week for a global boycott of six molecular biology journals, accusing the publisher, Reed Elsevier, the Goliath of science publishing, of charging exorbitant new subscription fees for online access. The boycott, led by Keith Yamamoto, UCSF's vice dean for research, and Peter Walter, a professor of biophysics and biochemistry, appears to have touched a nerve. It quickly won the support of librarians, scientists and administrators throughout the University of California system.
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