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Valuable point. I'm not sure if I agree with the "excellent value". However, at least ACM tries to be reasonably fair. Recently they seem to have introduced a c
by raphman 15y ago
Valuable point. I'm not sure if I agree with the "excellent value". However, at least ACM tries to be reasonably fair. Recently they seem to have introduced a clause in the copyright transfer from which allows you to retain copyright for specific figures in your paper.
Still a far way from Open Access but way better than all other major publishers.
What I really hate about publishers like Elsevier or Springer is that they claim to add value by ensuring only high-quality papers get published. In reality, every major publisher, except ACM, seems to be perfectly happy with publishing a lot of rubbish research.
(My favorite: El Naschie's photo gallery in Elsevier's Chaos, Solitons and Fractals: www.el-naschie.net/bilder/file/Photo-Gallery.pdf)
- michael_dorfman 15y agoWhen I look at the quality and quantity of journals in the archives that I get access to for a couple hundred bucks a year, I'm flabbergasted. I only wish there was something similar for the Humanities-- I'd pay in a heartbeat for that. Elsevier and Springer's pricing, in contrast, is extortionate.
- ahi 15y agoI had look up El Naschie: http://elnaschiewatch.blogspot.com/2010/05/concise-introduction-to-mohamed-el.html http://elnaschiewatch.blogspot.com/2010/05/concise-introduct... A while back Elsevier was caught publishing fake journals for pharmaceutical companies. Classy bunch.