Elsevier denies it will use SSRN to move users on to its services | Times Higher Education (THE)

"The publishing giant Elsevier has insisted that it will not force academics to sign up to its services in order to use the newly acquired Social Science Research Network (SSRN) repository.

But Elsevier’s purchase of SSRN earlier this week, which has dismayed open access advocates, could be the first of many as the publisher looks to build up an online network of scholars as an alternative to its publishing business...."