ACM Transactions on Algorithms (TALG) now has its own website and began accepting submissions this month. TALG is the result of the mass resignation of the editorial board of the Journal of Algorithms, instigated by Donald Knuth's analysis of the journal's pricing history. Knuth noted a troubling pricing trend, repeated attempts to redress the pricing, and the publisher's prolonged intransigence on the topic.
A sociological postscript: considering the glacial rate at which CVs are ordinarily updated, except when applying for new positions, the JoA/TALG situation appears to be far from ordinary. Bernard Chazelle (Princeton) wasted no time in adding his TALG editorial board appointment to his CV. Alejandro López-Ortiz (University of Waterloo), likewise, has quickly added his duties as guest co-editor of a forthcoming TALG issue to his CV.
Posted by
George Porter at 6/10/2004 11:28:00 AM.
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.
