I’ll bite—James, what do you believe.
Exciting news. If a few more big universities show the same spirit, this whole scam will fall apart. It's only a matter of time.https://www.chronicle.com/article/U-of-California-System/245798 …
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It blows me away that Elsevier can charge $50m for a 5-year contract. What do they really provide for that kind of money??
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Aaron Swartz would’ve been happy...
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Universities could band together the same way states are trying to switch to popular vote: a pact to all drop Elsevier at once if X% of big universities sign pact. Underrated game theory strategy.
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In this case they may have enough incentive to do it on their own. But still hard to make the first moves and create enough opportunity for the alternatives to win.
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Are there any good startups you have seen that are attacking the legacy publication process? The notoriety function of journals seems hard to replace.
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It seems people are publishing both on conferences and arXiv now. The reviews happen in openreview normally. I'm not sure if the notoriety from a journal is that important anymore, good papers end up generating some buzz in social networks/etc and cited more.
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Maybe YC could fund Sci-Hub / http://libgen.io :)
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