Post #1648879
2025-11-03 15:24 UTC
@abulling @ElenLeFoll @floe @flowdie @harvardhci @cmuhcii @hcigroup @jovermeulen I think this is hard to make a priority because in practice most/all ACM publications are available openly because people share them on their websites and on sites like arxiv, maybe this isn't true in all communities, but it seems like it is. maybe better tools to find the free versions could help. and, i will defend ACM a bit in that it does do useful things, and has to fund those useful things somehow.
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@abulling@mastodon.social 2025-11-03 17:35
@jbigham @ElenLeFoll @floe @flowdie @harvardhci @cmuhcii @hcigroup @jovermeulen Doesn't change the fact that the fees exclude a lot of people who cannot afford to pay having their paper published in an ACM venue. It's like a paywall for the top venues in our field. And the fees are significant. I have a very hard time believing that 50-60 kEUR/year per institution or more than a thousand USD per accepted paper is required to cover their costs.