This is great news. The UC system has a ton of academic clout and this will push smaller universities to close their contracts and bump up the impact factor of open access journals.
Elsevier's also by far the shittiest publisher in their practices [1]. 40% profit margins on publicly-funded research that the public doesn't get to access is disgusting. I can't wait for them to go out of business.
> Elsevier's also by far the shittiest publisher in their practices
Yeah. Interesting: the longest part of the Wikipedia article used to be Criticism & Controversies, but it has been restructured quite a bit. Still lists many despicable acts.
I’m surprised the article doesn’t have a tag for point of view, although it’s hard to disagree with the claims. Still, it’s one of the most hostile articles I think I’ve read on Wikipedia.
And if you read the Talk page, you'll realise that several Elsevier employees have been updating the article. That it is still so hostile to Elsevier is then maybe an indication of how despicable the company really is.
Elsevier's also by far the shittiest publisher in their practices [1]. 40% profit margins on publicly-funded research that the public doesn't get to access is disgusting. I can't wait for them to go out of business.
[1] https://twitter.com/dgmacarthur/status/1028489457803161600?s...