Scientists at the U. of California at San Francisco Call for a Boycott of 6 Biology Journals

Two scientists at the University of California at San Francisco are urging a worldwide boycott of six molecular-biology journals on the grounds that the publisher, Reed Elsevier, is demanding that the University of California system pay too high a price for electronic access to the publications.

The scientists are Keith Yamamoto, chairman of the department of cellular and molecular pharmacology, and Peter Walter, a professor of biophysics and biochemistry. In a letter circulated this

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