I mentioned several months ago how academic journals were mostly a scam perpetrate by the publishers on universities. One of the things that I briefly discussed was how the entire editorial staff of the journal Topology had announced their resignation. Well, 2006 wrapped up and the former editors of Topology have announced that they will create a new journal called the Journal of Topology (not very creative, but what do you want, they’re mathematicians, not writers).
The new journal will be published by a mathematics society and not Elsevier. It’s cost? About 1/3 or Elsevier’s: $570 for an annual, university subscription.
I like this – we need to see more stories like it.