It really is quite grimly hilarious how the drive for "Open Access" in academic publication was almost immediately captured by publishers who declared that, if readers weren't going to pay, then authors and their employers would have to.
And we bought it, schmucks.
Dave Andress
My extra radical far loony left position is that no one should ever be allowed to make a profit from academic publishing. It is a public good. See also: education, healthcare (on a good day, public transport…)
Dr Vanessa
'Elsevier made £1.04 billion in profit in 2025, according to its parent company’s latest annual report, up 7 per cent on 2024.' 1/2
Margot Finn
Elsevier rejections: libraries ‘had to make cuts somewhere’.
Experts say publisher’s pricing and profits are likely factors in rejection by some universities.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-o...
