Elsevier declines to cut off German universities that cancelled journal subs | News | Chemistry World

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Summary:

"Efforts to reach a deal between the publishing giant and 200 institutions protesting prices continue after January deadline passes German universities and research institutes that cancelled their subscriptions to Elsevier journals in a protest over pricing still have access to them. This is despite a breakdown in talks last month. A consortium of German institutions, Project Deal, has been trying to negotiate a nationwide deal for the entire portfolio of electronic journals from the Dutch publishing giant since 2016. The consortium, which includes the country’s National Academy of Sciences, the Fraunhofer Society and the German Research Foundation, wants all papers authored by the country’s researchers to be open access in Germany and pricing that ensures costs are only incurred at publication. This would mean that corresponding authors could make papers freely available without paying any more. It’s understood that if these demands were met the amount that these institutions pay to Elsevier would be halved...."

Link:

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/elsevier-declines-to-cut-off-german-universities-that-cancelled-journal-subs/3008505.article

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oa.new oa.elsevier oa.germany oa.hei oa.cancellations oa.access oa.negotiations oa.offsets oa.projekt_deal

Date tagged:

01/10/2018, 17:32

Date published:

01/10/2018, 05:34