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Thursday, October 18, 2001
http://chronicle.com/free/2001/10/2001101801t.htm 40 Computer Scientists Abandon a Print Journal, Preferring Its Free Online Competitor By ANDREA L. FOSTER In another sign of scientists' discontent with costly traditional journals, at least half the editorial board of a journal on artificial intelligence has resigned to join a competing journal that is distributed free online. Forty computer scientists at the traditional journal, Machine Learning, signed a resignation letter this month and distributed it widely. It said the journal's subscription fee was so high that scientists' articles were not reaching a wide-enough readership, and also complained about the publisher's restrictions on circulating articles online....
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