Comments on: Just Say No – The Roberts/Ashburner Response

By: The Roberts/Ashburner Response « I wish you'd made me angry earlier

The Roberts/Ashburner Response « I wish you'd made me angry earlier — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:06:51 +0000

[...] previous post on this blog posted a helpful boilerplate response to editor to politely decline to review for non [...]

By: Say NO to non Open Access Science Journals « Science Yourself

Say NO to non Open Access Science Journals « Science Yourself — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:47:50 +0000

[...] link to Casey Bergman’s post on how to refuse to review articles in non Open Access journals (http://caseybergman.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/just-say-no/). A great idea of Michael Ashburner how to gently cope with such invitations. Thank you, Mr. [...]

By: The Research Works Act, open access and publisher boycotts « sharmanedit

The Research Works Act, open access and publisher boycotts « sharmanedit — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:45:42 +0000

[...] would hope that those refusing make their reasons clear (as in this example letter) so that in-house staff aren’t left wondering what is going on. The boycotters will also need [...]

By: trashbird1240

trashbird1240 — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:24:38 +0000

I remember telling a librarian about the JSTOR/Aaron Swartz case and she said “Oh they have a policy saying that you can’t use automation to access the journal.” My response was “They have a policy against using the internet in the way it was intended?”

By: Why I will no longer review for your journal « Jabberwocky Ecology | Weecology's Blog

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:27:01 +0000

[...] here are links to a couple of great posts by Casey Bergman that I somehow left out: one on how to turn down reviews while making a point and one on the not so positive response he received to one of these emails. Share [...]

By: On refusing to review for Chromosome Research « I wish you'd made me angry earlier

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:07:18 +0000

[...] I have been doing for many years, I recently declined a review invitation from the Springer-owned closed access journal Chromosome [...]

By: ucfagls

ucfagls — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:04:41 +0000

Thanks for posting “The Ashburner Response”; it will be most useful when I need to decline a review invitation next time round.

By: Copyright and Access to Taxpayer Funded Research | GeriPal - Geriatrics and Palliative Care Blog

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:36:01 +0000

[...] "don't peer-review articles from non-open access journals" approach as seen in this letter by Michael Ashburner posted on Casey Bergman’s blog. Lastly, you can make your voice heard also to the the National Science and Technology Council's [...]

By: caseybergman

caseybergman — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:20:11 +0000

Mike -

Thanks for pointing out this well-argued piece – very much worth reading to those interested in the peaceful non-reviewing tactic for change. The comments are also excellent, especially the useful set of pledges compiled by Alex Holcombe at http://www.openaccesspledge.com/?page_id=21

Best,
Casey

By: Mike Taylor

Mike Taylor — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:43:33 +0000

I am doing the same, and encouraging other to. See my recent article in Times Higher Education: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=417576&c=1