Lance Fortnow, Special Issues, My Computational Complexity Web Log, June 15, 2004. Fortnow, reporting from the ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC), tells us that the symposium is considering switching the publication of its conference papers from the Elsevier-owned Journal of Computer and System Sciences to SIAM Journal on Computing (SICOMP). Many involved with the symposium see the change as a panacea, but Fortnow writes: "My concern, which I expressed at the meeting, is that we already have a culture where too many papers never appear in a journal, i.e., never get written with full proofs and go through a rigorous refereeing process. The more negative press we give towards journals the more likely authors will take the easy solution of no journal."
Update (6/21/04): Fortnow links to a page affirming the group's decision to move the special issue to SICOMP.
Posted by
Garrett at 6/16/2004 02:38:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
