From: "Heinrichs, Arianne" <[log in to unmask]>Date: June 10, 2010 7:35:06 AM EDTCc: "David, Rachel" <[log in to unmask]>Subject: RE: Referee report for Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology almost due
dear Dr Carter,
I was sorry to learn that you decided to withdraw as a referee for Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. While we respect your decision of course, I would like to refer you to a press release that Nature Publishing Group has issued in response to the California Digital Library letter to the UC Divisional Chairs and Members of the UC Faculty. This was issued late last night to media who had requested it, and is now on nature.com: www.nature.com/press_releases/cdl.html
We believe that the situation was not described fairly by CDL, and Nature Publishing Group will do all it can to bring this situation to a successful conclusion as soon as possible.
yours sincerely,
Arianne Heinrichs
Arianne Heinrichs, PhD
chief editor Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles W. Carter, Jr [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 09 June 2010 13:58
To: David, Rachel
Subject: Re: Referee report for Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology almost due
Rachel,
I have just learned of an effort by Nature Publishing Group to increase subscriptions to Nature Journals four-fold to the University of California library systems. This is unconscionable.
The UC library system has suggested that all UC faculty cease to peer review documents for Nature publishing group journals. I have decided to join this boycott, because I strongly believe that the Nature action cannot be left unchallenged.
Please take me off your list of reviewers. This refusal to review is also retrospective. I will therefore not be sending you my review of the manuscript by Schimmel.
I hope that you will relay this action to your superiors.
Charlie Carter
On Jun 8, 2010, at 11:43 AM, David, Rachel wrote:
> Great, thank you very much for letting me know.
>
> Best wishes,
> Rachel
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> Rachel David PhD
> Assistant editor
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles W. Carter, Jr [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 08 June 2010 16:43
> To: David, Rachel
> Subject: Re: Referee report for Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
> almost due
>
> Rachel,
>
> I've read the ms and thought a bit about the review. I should have a
> review for you soon.
>
> Charlie
>
> On Jun 8, 2010, at 11:33 AM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
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>> Dear Dr Carter,
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>> This is a reminder from Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology that
> your referee report of "Novel Domains in Higher Eukaryote tRNA
> Synthetases as Markers for Eukaryote Evolution and Functions beyond
> Translation" by Paul Schimmel, Min Guo, and Xiang-Lei Yang
> (NRM-10-039V3) is due tomorrow. Thanks again for agreeing to provide a
> referee report on this manuscript.
>>
>> To view the manuscript and prepare your report, click on the following
> link:
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> <http://mts-nrm.nature.com/cgi-bin/main.plex?el=A2a2FjS6C2LNz5F2A9wsoGVj
> KCDQ3Hs91EYF2EyAZ>
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>> Please let me know as soon as possible if you will not be able to meet
> the proposed due date (via reply e-mail.)
>>
>> best wishes,
>> Rachel
>>
>> Rachel David PhD
>> Assistant editor
>> Nature Reviews Microbiology and
>> Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
>> 4 Crinan Street
>> London N1 9XW
>> tel. +44 (0) 2078433662
>> e-mail [log in to unmask]
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