No. Unfortunately, also same ol', same ol'. Rant somewhat follows, if mildly cohesive. Elsiever's famous for acting that way. Yale, Harvard, Cambridge are k

No. Unfortunately, also same ol', same ol'. Rant somewhat follows, if mildly cohesive. Elsiever's famous for acting that way. Yale, Harvard, Cambridge are known for the same. Try exploring doing anything with academic publications. Every use falls into about the same case as the archive.org case. "We own an indefinitely copyright that lasts 70 years after our institution collapses, and if you're even allowed to read the articles without paying a fortune ($50 to find it's a 2 page scam publication, $10,000 for a subscription), you may only do so for personal consumption with no distribution." https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies-and-standards/pricing/journals https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies-and-standards/pricin... The prices are funny. Ever heard of "Applied Surface Science", 0169-4332? $25,462 subscription for surfaces ... that are applied. How about "Colloids and Surfaces A", 0927-7757? $20,167 subscription to find out whether you'd ever care. Frankly, all journals with the word "surface" are expensive. Magazine prices be like "daaaamn" (Friday). To be fair though, you can learn how to anesthetize your own subjects (Advances in Anesthesia) for $282. Review completely happens in the dark if you really pay attention. Peer reviewed? Do you peer review their articles? Have you ever actually met anybody who does? They always seem to be in far away fortress schools you never meet with fancy title names like the "Dogsworth Diapers Emeritus Lifetime Chair of El Supremo Tacos." In years of academia, I think I got asked to look at a paper once for a prof. who was lazy. The only way they're a "bastion" is in the sense of a medieval fortress paywall that takes away all opportunities, does nothing with what they've hoarded, and then stacks money for score like a game mechanic. Obvious, I'm a huge fan of modern academia. Take all above as somewhat bias.