> I also found it strange that Elsevier forbid redistributing the abstracts of papers [3], considering that they are publicly accessible. Publicly accessible a

> I also found it strange that Elsevier forbid redistributing the abstracts of papers [3], considering that they are publicly accessible. Publicly accessible and the rights to redistribution are different things. Abstracts are protected by copyright, which may be held by the journal or the author, and so having a blanket "you can use the abstracts" policy is very difficult.