Interpreting Elsevier's Acquisition of Aries Systems - The Scholarly Kitchen

"Last Thursday, news of Elsevier’s acquisition of Aries Systems broke, and the reactions were varied. Some boasted that they’d predicted moves along these lines. Others speculated about a possible boycott of Elsevier and Aries journals. And some decried the lack of “independent” options in the space Aries helped to create — online manuscript submission and management systems."