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This seems rather sensationalist. Where, exactly, am I supposed to find these open access articles that Elsevier is charging people to read? Besides that unsubs
by streptomycin 14y ago
This seems rather sensationalist. Where, exactly, am I supposed to find these open access articles that Elsevier is charging people to read? Besides that unsubstantiated claim, the rest of the blog post seems to be nitpicking about how Elsevier makes shitty websites that are confusing.
- cs702 14y agostreptomycin: why do you say this? Unless I misunderstood the blog post, when the author contacted Elsevier, the company's Director of Universal Access wrote back on an email that 'open access' articles can be distinguished by (quoting from the email) "an open access symbol and link in the top right of the article. For an example see here (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900207017020 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900207...)." As I write this, that article costs $35.95 -- that's pretty convincing evidence, no? Edit: as some comments below posit, it's also possible that the Elsevier executive provided the wrong link.
- teraflop 14y agoBut that article also doesn't have the Open Access logo, which suggests a more plausible scenario: the Elsevier guy simply pasted the wrong link.
- powera 14y agoI don't see any evidence the linked article is actually Open Access. It seems possible that the response just had the wrong link, and they article they are charging for isn't open access. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900210008910 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900210... is clearly Open Access, has a clear mark of that, and has full text available for free.