[Note: I am not the author of the linked article, but it's on a blog that I co-write.]<p>If you are an academic researcher and you're as outraged about the state of publishing as I am, please consider WITHDRAWING FREE PEER-REVIEW FOR NON-OPEN JOURNALS as discussed on this thread from yesterday: <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3051546" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3051546</a><p>And if you make that decision, please say so in the comments -- I would like to get a sense of how many people, and in what fields, are behind the review boycott.