[GAP Forum] [group-pub-forum] FW: Resignation of the Editorial Board of Journal of Group Theory

[Robert Heffernan]

On 5 November 2010 20:39, Matthew Ragland <mragland at aum.edu> wrote:
> I have yet to see this posted on the forum.  This sad news.  Perhaps it is time for an Online Journal of Group Theory?

I am not so sure that this is sad news.  The Journal of Group Theory
is massively overpriced.

In 2007 the entire editorial staff of "K-Theory" resigned and it was
soon announced that a new journal ("Journal of K-Theory") would be
published, edited by most of the same people but at less than half the
price.  I think similar things have happened with other journals in
the past.

Perhaps something like this will happen in the case of the Journal of
GT?  It would be a very good development if there were a high quality
group theory journal out there that didn't charge the enormous
subscription fees of De Gruyter's journal.  An on-line journal of
group-theory would also be nice, of course.

Regards,
Bob Heffernan