The Chronicle of Higher Education

Editorial Board of Scientific Journal Quits, Accusing Elsevier of Price-Gouging

By BROCK READ

The Board of Directors of a scholarly journal popular with computer scientists and mathematicians has resigned en masse, accusing its distributor, Elsevier, of making the publication too expensive for many college libraries to afford.

In a statement issued to readers, members of the board of the...

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