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Does Elsevier offer any value from the prices they charge? Or are they just an e-gatekeeper to an object store full of PDFs?
by PopeDotNinja 6y ago
Does Elsevier offer any value from the prices they charge? Or are they just an e-gatekeeper to an object store full of PDFs?
- musicale 6y ago1. Not in my experience. 2. Basically. The sad thing about #2 is that said object stores could archive digital artifacts such as code and data sets, and they could provide an open API for the development of improved tools and user interfaces, but legacy publishers like Elsevier don't seem to be interested in such improvements. Technical societies (ACM, IEEE) don't seem to be much better.
- bubblethink 6y agoThey are the gatekeepers to the prestige. The pdfs or the technology are immaterial.