{"id":912,"date":"2012-02-08T12:54:51","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T17:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottaaronson.blog\/?p=912"},"modified":"2016-12-10T05:03:47","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T10:03:47","slug":"the-battle-against-elsevier-gains-momentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottaaronson.blog\/?p=912","title":{"rendered":"The battle against Elsevier gains momentum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this <a href=\"http:\/\/gowers.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/02\/elsevierstatementfinal.pdf\">statement on &#8220;The Cost of Knowledge&#8221; released today<\/a>, which (besides your humble blogger) has been signed by Ingrid Daubechies (President of the International Mathematical Union), Timothy Gowers, Terence Tao, L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Lov\u00e1sz, and 29 others.\u00a0 The statement carefully explains the rationale for the current Elsevier boycott, and answers common questions like &#8220;why single out Elsevier?&#8221; and &#8220;what comes next?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Also check out <a href=\"http:\/\/gowers.wordpress.com\/2012\/02\/08\/a-more-formal-statement-about-mathematical-publishing\/#more-3986\">Timothy Gowers&#8217; blog post<\/a> announcing the statement.\u00a0 The post includes a hilarious report by investment firm Exane Paribas, explaining that the current boycott has caused Reed Elsevier&#8217;s stock price to fall, but presenting that as a <em>great investment opportunity<\/em>, since they fully expect the price to rebound once this boycott fails like all the previous ones.\u00a0 I ask you: does that not want to make you boycott Elsevier, <em>for no other reason than to see the people who follow Exane Paribas&#8217; cynical advice lose their money?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In related news, the <a href=\"http:\/\/thecostofknowledge.com\/\">boycott petition<\/a> now has 4600+ signatures and counting.\u00a0 If you&#8217;ve already signed, great!\u00a0 If you haven&#8217;t, why not?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Update (Feb. 9):<\/strong><\/span> There&#8217;s now a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/opinion\/2012\/02\/12\/why-scientists-are-boycotting-publisher\/9sCpDEP7BkkX1INfakn3NL\/story.html\">great editorial<\/a> by Gareth Cook in the <em>Boston Globe<\/em> supporting the Elsevier boycott (and analogizing it to both the Tahrir Square uprising and the Boston Tea Party!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this statement on &#8220;The Cost of Knowledge&#8221; 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