Very interesting article, although the author missed a couple of points ... namely that
1.Maxwell was very clever in providing 'personal subscriptions' to scientists at subscribing institutions at less than the cost of mailing. 2. The 10% increase in price for Brain Research from 1975 to 1985 was due both to a 50% increase in the number of articles (1000 to 1500) but also to exchange rate changes. The value of the US$ vs Dutch Guilder underwent some major fluctuations in those years. 3. Problems with exchange rate profiteering came later. On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 4:35 AM, <barry.ma...@iol.ie> wrote: > Interesting, especially nostalgic. However, a good start re Elsevier > became the story of Maxwell. Pity > > On June 27, 2017 8:22:08 AM GMT+01:00, "Éric Archambault" < > eric.archamba...@science-metrix.com> wrote: >> >> Interesting article in the Guardian that spells out the role played by >> Robert Maxwell in the development of the scholarly journal industry. >> >> Éric >> >> >> Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for >> science? >> https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/27/profitable-business-scientific-publishing-bad-for-science?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other >> >> >> Eric Archambault >> 1science.com >> Science-Metrix.com >> +1-514-495-6505 x111 <(514)%20495-6505> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> GOAL mailing list >> GOAL@eprints.org >> http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal >> >> > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > _______________________________________________ > GOAL mailing list > GOAL@eprints.org > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal > > -- Dana L. Roth dzr...@library.caltech.edu Special Projects Librarian Caltech 1-32 1200 E. California Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91125 626-395-6423
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