“Sauropod specialist Mike Taylor notes growing concern among scientists about the heavy-handed takedown practices of academic publishing company Elsevier, including serving DMCA notices on contributing authors who also self-publish their papers.
Elsevier censors self-publication by papers’ co-authors – Boing Boing.
An “academic spring†has broken out against scientific journal publisher Elsevier, says a New Scientist report by Jacob Aron.
According to the report, “Inspired by a University of Cambridge mathematician, over 5000 academics have agreed to boycott publishers Elsevier, vowing not to peer-review or submit papers for any of its scientific journals.â€
5,000 profs join boycott of Elsevier publications in international “academic spring” via Melville House Books.
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