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Negative. To publish in an Elsevier journal you must sign away your copyright. The authors do NOT hold copyright. And that's part of why the situation is so
by xamuel 14y ago
Negative. To publish in an Elsevier journal you must sign away your copyright. The authors do NOT hold copyright. And that's part of why the situation is so ridiculous and urgently needs to be fixed.
- zerostar07 14y agoI stand corrected then. But they can still distribute a preprint according to their terms: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorsview.authors/rights http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorsview.authors/rights the right to post a pre-print version of the journal article on Internet websites including electronic pre-print servers, and to retain indefinitely such version on such servers or sites for scholarly purposes (with some exceptions such as The Lancet and Cell Press. See also our information on electronic preprints for a more detailed discussion on these points)* Unfortunately, that excludes some of their best publications.