Re: [GOAL] Elsevier as an open access publisher

Hi, reading the discussion about Elsevier as an "OA publisher" and the discussion about CC-BY as an "requirement" for OA we analysed the Elsevier metadata in Crossref. Harvesting the data some days ago the most frequently used license information were: 675,343 :

Re: [GOAL] Elsevier as an open access publisher

Hi all, Jeroen Bosman wrote: "Elsevier is the single most important obstacle to achieving and getting support for open access". Ross Mounce wrote: "I hope no politicians or librarians are fooled by this simple ruse". Well, I very much agree with Jeroen's statement and Ross' wishes. However, I

Re: [GOAL] Elsevier as an open access publisher

: [GOAL] Elsevier as an open access publisher On 13 January 2017 at 16:57, Heather Morrison <heather.morri...@uottawa.ca> wrote: Elsevier is now one of the world’s largest open access publishers as measured by the number of fully OA journals published. What are the implic

Re: [GOAL] Elsevier as an open access publisher

access by expanding? best, Heather Original message From: Bo-Christer Björk <bo-christer.bj...@hanken.fi> Date: 2017-01-15 5:22 AM (GMT-05:00) To: "Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)" <goal@eprints.org> Subject: Re: [GOAL] Elsevier as an ope

Re: [GOAL] Elsevier as an open access publisher

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Heather Morrison < heather.morri...@uottawa.ca> wrote: > Elsevier is now one of the world’s largest open access publishers as > measured by the number of fully OA journals published. What are the > implications? I’d love to hear your thoughts, on list or on the

Re: [GOAL] Elsevier as an open access publisher

Hi, before jumping to any sorts of conclusions, it important to look at what kind of journasl published by Elsevier are full OA (and often without APCs). A quick look at the list at https://www.elsevier.com/about/open-science/open-access/open-access-journals, shows that many are society or

Re: [GOAL] Elsevier as an open access publisher

message From: Heather Morrison <heather.morri...@uottawa.ca> Date: 2017-01-13 4:55 PM (GMT-05:00) To: "Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)" <goal@eprints.org> Subject: Re: [GOAL] Elsevier as an open access publisher Thanks to Ross for this information which I argu

Re: [GOAL] Elsevier as an open access publisher

mou...@gmail.com> Date: 13/01/2017 22:29 (GMT+01:00) To: "Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)" <goal@eprints.org> Subject: Re: [GOAL] Elsevier as an open access publisher On 13 January 2017 at 16:57, Heather Morrison <heather.morri...@uottawa.ca<mailto:heather

Re: [GOAL] Elsevier as an open access publisher

Thanks to Ross for this information which I argue supports my argument that Elsevier is now a major OA publisher. With apologies for duplication, here are some other points made in the article others may wish to comment on: - most of Elsevier’s fully OA journals do not charge APCs -

Re: [GOAL] Elsevier as an open access publisher

Elsevier self-report (trustworthy?) more relevant article-level data here: https://www.elsevier.com/connect/elsevier-publishing-a-look-at-the-numbers-and-more "We ended 2015 as the 4th largest open access publisher, with 20,000 open access (author or funder paid) articles in 2015." Note, to make

Re: [GOAL] Elsevier as an open access publisher

On 13 January 2017 at 16:57, Heather Morrison wrote: > Elsevier is now one of the world’s largest open access publishers as > measured by the number of fully OA journals published. What are the > implications? There are precisely no implications. The number of

[GOAL] Elsevier as an open access publisher

Elsevier is now one of the world’s largest open access publishers as measured by the number of fully OA journals published. What are the implications? I’d love to hear your thoughts, on list or on the SKC blogpost (see link below). Morrison, H. (2017). From the field: Elsevier as an open