Post Tagged with: "elsevier"

Genomics Editor Steps Down Over Open Access Concerns

Harvard Professor Winston Hide has stepped down from the editorial board of the prestigious Genomics journal over the lack of open access.

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May 17, 2012 Comments are Disabled News

Elsevier Withdraws Support for Research Works Act

Elsevier, which has faced enormous online protests over its support for the Research Works Act, has withdrawn its support for the U.S. bill.

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February 28, 2012 Comments are Disabled News

The Academic Spring

The Economist reports on the growing boycott of Elsevier by thousands of academics over open access issues.

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February 3, 2012 1 comment News

Elsevier Publishing Boycott Gathers Steam Among Academics

Over 2,000 academics have joined a boycott against Elsevier Publishing, one of the world’s largest academic publishers, over its support of an anti-open access bill.

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January 31, 2012 2 comments News

Elsevier Published Six Fake Journals

Further to an earlier posting about Merck and Elsevier combining on a fake journal, Elsevier now acknowledges that there were six "sponsored article publications."

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May 8, 2009 2 comments News