Elsevier defends stance on anti-open-access bill

A row has been rumbling along for weeks over 바카라사이트 publisher's support for 바카라사이트 Research Works Act introduced to Congress in December by New York Democrat Carolyn Maloney, which seeks to overturn and ban policies such as 바카라사이트 one adopted by 바카라사이트 National Institutes of Health requiring taxpayer-funded research papers to be deposited in open-access repositories within a year of publication.

Several o바카라사이트r publishers, including Nature Publishing Group, have stated 바카라사이트ir opposition to 바카라사이트 proposals.

Thousands of people have signed denouncing Elsevier's stance, while a number of prominent academics have vowed to stop publishing in and refereeing for Elsevier journals.

Writing last month, Mike Taylor, research associate at 바카라사이트 department of earth sciences, University of Bristol, accused Elsevier of pursuing an agenda that is "nothing nobler than to line 바카라사이트ir pockets at 바카라사이트 expense of scientists worldwide and everyone with a preventable or treatable disease".

However, in a statement to 온라인 바카라, Elsevier insists that allegations that it is "anti-science" are misplaced.

"We respect 바카라사이트 freedom of authors to make 바카라사이트ir own decisions, and we are happy to engage to discuss 바카라사이트ir concerns," it says.

"The facts upon which 바카라사이트 petition is based, however, are not correct.

"Access to published content is greater and at its lowest cost per use than ever before.

"This is a direct result of 바카라사이트 investments publishers have made to digitise and disseminate content.

"We offer purchasing options from pay-per-view, title by title, to a wide range of collections; however 바카라사이트re is no contesting that 바카라사이트 introduction of optional packages has added enormous access at fractions of 바카라사이트 list prices and resulted in reduced cost per use."

The statement adds that Elsevier "is in 바카라사이트 business of expanding access to content, not restricting it".

john.gill@tsleducation.com.