Dutch publishing giant cuts off researchers in Germany and Sweden

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Summary:

"Elsevier last week stopped thousands of scientists in Germany from reading its recent journal articles, as a row escalates over the cost of a nationwide open-access agreement. The move comes just two weeks after researchers in Sweden lost access to the most recent Elsevier research papers, when negotiations on its contract broke down over the same issue. Negotiators on both sides in Germany now seem to be waiting for the other to blink, says Joseph Esposito, a publishing consultant in New York City. The highly public nature of the stand-off means that "any deal Elsevier does with them becomes the de facto deal for the entire world," he adds. Elsevier’s move to cut off access to some German researchers also provides a test as to whether the scientists can survive without a subscription deal with the mega-publisher, says Ralf Schimmer, director of scientific information at the Max Planck Digital Library in Munich, Germany. “If it comes to hardship and misery, then the negotiators might be forced back to the negotiating table.” His organization provides journal access to the dozens of Max Planck Institutes and their libraries, and its contract with Elsevier finishes at the end of this year...."

Link:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05754-1

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oa.new oa.europe oa.sweden oa.germany oa.elsevier oa.publishing oa.publishers oa.access oa.gold oa.projekt_deal oa.negotiations oa.offsets oa.open_science oa.scholcomm oa.journals oa.cancellations

Date tagged:

07/19/2018, 15:31

Date published:

07/19/2018, 11:34