November 2, 2001

40 Computer Scientists Abandon a Print Journal for an 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 Machine Learning signed a resignation letter in October 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 it complained about the

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