To be fair, authors publishing with Elsevier retain many rights, including the right to publish post-review personal version of his paper on his personal and in

To be fair, authors publishing with Elsevier retain many rights, including the right to publish post-review personal version of his paper on his personal and institutional web-site for dissemination of scholarly work (non-commercial purposes). http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorsview.authors/rights http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorsview.authors/rights So whoever is calling for boycott of Elseview, should also inform authors -- especially grad students who can't afford boycotting journals -- about these facts. Use your rights and make the knowledge free.