In my field, here is what happened to one of the leading journals published by Elsevier:
http://theoryofcomputing.org/crisis.html
Crisis in the cost of journals Publishers of scientific journals today actually impede the flow of information rather than enable it. -- Jeff Ullman ... I strongly commend you on your courage... ToC will give many more researchers a reason to mount a boycott against for-profit journals. -- Don Knuth, greeting the launch of the Theory of Computing On October 25, 2003, Don Knuth sent a 14-page letter to the Board of Editors of the Journal of Algorithms. Pointing out the "turmoil in the world of scholarly publishing,"Knuth analysed the economics of periodicals in theoretical computer science. Knuth's letter precipitated the dramatic resignation of the entire editorial board of the Journal of Algorithms over the pricing policies of its publisher, Elsevier, and created a new, society-owned journal, ACM Transactions on Algorithms. (See here for more on this). [...]
Publishers of scientific journals today actually impede the flow of information rather than enable it. -- Jeff Ullman
... I strongly commend you on your courage... ToC will give many more researchers a reason to mount a boycott against for-profit journals. -- Don Knuth, greeting the launch of the Theory of Computing
On October 25, 2003, Don Knuth sent a 14-page letter to the Board of Editors of the Journal of Algorithms. Pointing out the "turmoil in the world of scholarly publishing,"Knuth analysed the economics of periodicals in theoretical computer science. Knuth's letter precipitated the dramatic resignation of the entire editorial board of the Journal of Algorithms over the pricing policies of its publisher, Elsevier, and created a new, society-owned journal, ACM Transactions on Algorithms. (See here for more on this). [...]
It will take some time, but there's a longer list of Open Access journals every day so more choice for authors.
http://www.homo-numericus.net/blog/spip.php?article131
[...] - Cairn http://www.cairn.info/accueil.php?PG=START 2006 : 16 251 enregistrements 2007 : 27 580 enregistrements - Persée http://www.persee.fr/index.do 2005 : 12 262 enregistrements 2006 : 55 881 enregistrements 2007 : 84 313 enregistrements - Revues.org http://www.revues.org/ 2005 : 10 005 enregistrements 2006 : 16 228 enregistrements 2007 : 22 361 enregistrements Il s'agit là d'une formidable croissance de l'ensemble des portails, dont on ne peut que se féliciter. Les particularités disciplinaires et techniques de chacun pourraient être commentées, pour affiner l'analyse. Mais, en l'état, les valeurs brutes présentent une information de base. [... (more stats for smaller repositories follow and see comments too)]
2006 : 16 251 enregistrements
2007 : 27 580 enregistrements
- Persée http://www.persee.fr/index.do
2005 : 12 262 enregistrements
2006 : 55 881 enregistrements
2007 : 84 313 enregistrements
- Revues.org http://www.revues.org/
2005 : 10 005 enregistrements
2006 : 16 228 enregistrements
2007 : 22 361 enregistrements
Il s'agit là d'une formidable croissance de l'ensemble des portails, dont on ne peut que se féliciter. Les particularités disciplinaires et techniques de chacun pourraient être commentées, pour affiner l'analyse. Mais, en l'état, les valeurs brutes présentent une information de base.
[... (more stats for smaller repositories follow and see comments too)]
