« Elsevier, the global information analytics business specializing in science and health, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Aries Systems, a leader in scientific publication workflow solutions headquartered outside Boston, MA. Aries’ offerings are used by journals, books and other publications…
« Almost 800 journals available via TIB Document Delivery
Talks between the scientific publisher Elsevier and the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK), acting as chief negotiator for science organisations, on so-called federal licences within the DEAL project were suspended last week. The suspension of negotiations has led…
“The excessive demands put forward by Elsevier have left us with no choice but to suspend negotiations between the publisher and the DEAL project set up by the Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany.” That was the verdict of the lead negotiator and spokesperson for the DEAL Project Steering Committee,…
« Following constructive and forward-looking negotiations at the end of 2017, the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI) has finalized the details of their subscription agreement with information analytics business Elsevier, extending our partnership until 2022. The 5-year contract applies to more than 70…
« From June, 2018, the Lancet family of journals are starting a 6-month trial in collaboration with the freely accessible preprint platform SSRN, which has been part of Elsevier since May, 2016. With this pilot, we are interested to see whether health and medical researchers are ready for…
« Large science publisher Elsevier does not meet the requirements of Swedish universities and research institutes
In order to take steps towards the goal of immediate open access by 2026 set by the Swedish Government, the Bibsam Consortium has after 20 years decided not to renew the agreement with the scientific…
« With the vast majority of researchers now assessing and evaluating content on screen rather than in print, we have been exploring options to optimize the online PDF reading experience. (…) »
« En février 2018 le premier éditeur scientifique mondial change de structure. RELX, la maison-mère d’Elsevier, cesse de former une entreprise bicéphale entre le Royaume-Uni et les Pays-bas cotée à Londres et Amsterdam. (…)
Cette restructuration n’est pas qu’un enjeu de gouvernance interne mais marque une évolution profonde de la stratégie…
« Purpose: The present study explored tendencies of the world’s countries—at individual and scientific development levels—toward publishing in APC-funded open access journals.
Design/Methodology/Approach: Using a bibliometric method, it studied OA and NOA articles issued in Springer and Elsevier’s APC journals during 2007–2011. The data were gathered using a wide number of…
« Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, has launched Mendeley Data, a new, cloud-based platform designed to help universities and researchers manage, share and showcase their research data. (…) »
