THE BANFF PROTOCOL
On August 21,
2005 a group of mathematicians met at the BIRS conference centre to discuss the
impact of rapidly increasing mathematics journal prices on our scientific and
educational mission. Future research and training of the next generation of
mathematicians depends vitally on our unrestricted access through university
libraries or archival sites to current and previously published work.
We fully support
the traditional refereeing and editorial process of mathematical journals as
the best guarantee of quality publication. At the heart of our discussion was
simply the desire for publishers to keep their charges and profits at
reasonable levels. This resulted in the following protocol. If you support this protocol please
click here*, supply your name and email address, and we will add you to the list of supporters.
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BANFF PROTOCOL We agree neither to submit to, referee for, nor participate in
the operation of any journal that charges an excessively high per page
subscription fee, as compared to the average of the 25 highest impact
journals in pure mathematics** |
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*email: rstern@uci.edu
**The 2004 average for the 25 highest impact
journal is $0.59 US per page. The Institute for Scientific InformationŐs (ISI) Journal Citation Reports (requires subscription) annually ranks
mathematics journals by the number of citations per published page. The 2004
cost-per page for most mathematics journals can be found at http://www.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/~rehmann/BIB/AMS/Publisher.html. Click here for the 25 highest impact journals and
their 2004 per page subscription fee.
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This
Protocol and webpage is maintained by
Ian
Hambleton, McMaster University
Matthias
Kreck, University of Heidelberg
Ronald
J. Stern, UC Irvine