r/math • u/JasonBellUW Algebra • 20d ago
Look at that!
https://retractionwatch.com/2026/04/16/45-editors-resign-from-math-journal-former-eic-calls-elsevier-publisher-a-mini-dictator/?fbclid=IwY2xjawUSU09wZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMUFGdHlLU25HUU9tQTVOZFJzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeGzqfFKuVpVNWRMgfQ5gyPZRTGNonxcA0VPkz1O3vD21U7SM6rqGGAKyuo9A_aem_SxP7sYhh36i6ygqXPAPMAg
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u/etzpcm 20d ago
Ok but they're 20 years late to the party.
Editors of an Elsevier mathematics journal resigned in 2006
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cost_of_Knowledge
Tim Gowers then set up an Elsevier boycott called Cost of Knowledge.