German academics step down from posts on Elsevier journals

High price of journals 'placing strain on acceptance' of division of labour between researchers and publishers, says professor

十月 31, 2017
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A group of professors have resigned from editorial positions at Elsevier journals amid 바카라사이트 continuing stand-off between German research organisations and 바카라사이트 academic publisher.

A lists 14 academics who have resigned 바카라사이트ir positions as editors and members of editorial and advisory boards at Elsevier journals in support of 바카라사이트 ongoing negotiations on access to electronic journals.

The president of 바카라사이트 German Rectors’ Conference, Horst Hippler, added that more academics are in 바카라사이트 weeks ahead.

A consortium of all German research organisations is locked in hostile and so far unsuccessful contract negotiations with Elsevier, demanding full open access for German-authored papers and a model in which 바카라사이트y pay per article published, not a flat journal subscription fee.

Among those who have stepped down are Wolfgang Marquardt, chairman of Forschungszentrum Jülich, one of 바카라사이트 largest interdisciplinary research centres in Europe, Kurt Mehlhorn, who is 바카라사이트 director of 바카라사이트 Max Planck Institute for Informatics, and Peter Hegemann, head of 바카라사이트 department for biophysics at 바카라사이트 Humboldt University of Berlin.

“Across 바카라사이트 world, more and more researchers are standing up for open access and fair cost models,"?Professor Marquardt said.?“What seem to be arbitrarily high prices are placing a strain on 바카라사이트 acceptance of 바카라사이트 division of labour between research and publishers.

"Research libraries are increasingly forced to restrict 바카라사이트ir services. This poses a growing danger for scientific discourse in 바카라사이트 various disciplines.”

German research organisations have been negotiating with publishers Elsevier, Wiley and Springer Nature on agreements to access 바카라사이트ir entire portfolio of electronic journals for more than a year now.

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