The University of California (for the uninitiated, that's not one university but a statewide network of some of the biggest and best universities in the world) is
considering a boycott of Nature Publishing Group journals after Nature
allegedly tried to pull a
400% price hike.
Around the internet,
many researchers are
whooping with delight and
telling UC not to cave in.
Negotiating tactic or not, NPG now gives every impression of being at war with its customers.
Customers? We're supposed to be on the same side.
How could NPG get it so wrong?
