> If Elsevier is so terrible, and everybody hates them, how is it possible that it's so hard to move away from them? Because researchers either publish or peri

> If Elsevier is so terrible, and everybody hates them, how is it possible that it's so hard to move away from them? Because researchers either publish or perish, only the work posted in established journals counts, and the likes of Elsevier controls those journals.