>"Timothy Gowers's first big assault on academic publishing started almost by accident.
In 2012, the Cambridge mathematician took to his blog to write a post bemoaning the exorbitant prices that journals charge for access to research. Gowers vowed to stop sending his papers to any journal from the world's largest academic publisher, Elsevier. tim gowers
To his surprise, the post went viral — and spurred a worldwide boycott of Elsevier, [...]"
>Be top scientist
>Publish a statement of intent on your widely followed blog
>People who have felt the same way but could not express their opinion without damaging their career follow
>be surprised
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