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Not many people would mind a company making a small profit from tax-funded research, if they are offering a value-added service, but the scale of Elsevier profi
by SeanDav 9y ago
Not many people would mind a company making a small profit from tax-funded research, if they are offering a value-added service, but the scale of Elsevier profits is ludicrous. It is one of the most profitable large companies on the planet.
Clearly Elsevier are profiting from their near monopoly in this area and something really needs to be done about them.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/27/profitable-business-scientific-publishing-bad-for-science https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/27/profitable-b...