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The problem with this approach is that smaller universities can't afford to do this. I think this problem needs to be adressed at funding agency level, with fu
by joelthelion 15y ago
The problem with this approach is that smaller universities can't afford to do this.
I think this problem needs to be adressed at funding agency level, with funding agencies requiring that all publication be made available on the agency's website.
- arohner 15y agoWhy? What are the costs, aside from an http server that hosts PDFs?
- kragen 15y agoThe cost is that if Podunk University in Podunk, Texas adopts Princeton's policy, Elsevier and Wiley can simply decline to publish anything written by the three Ph.D.s on their faculty. That will make it difficult for Podunk to attract a fourth Ph.D., and even the three it has may choose to give up tenure there in search of someplace they can publish. However, if a few big universities follow Princeton's lead here, that cost will disappear.
- Lewisham 15y agoYou might be interested in a rather spirited debate with the head of the ACM here: https://plus.google.com/117898054357703859389/posts/b783VnN45DD https://plus.google.com/117898054357703859389/posts/b783VnN4...
- impendia 15y ago+1 to you, but somebody needed to make the first move, and I think most professors at smaller universities would be happy to publish wherever professors at Princeton are publishing.
- elehack 15y agoIn some fields, I think this may have huge impact. No math or CS journal would want to be unable to accept Princeton publications. Even if publishers make exemptions rather than change their policies, it sets a precedent that exemptions can be made for institutional requirements.