Reed Elsevier wards off threats as scientists keep publishing

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(2004), "Reed Elsevier wards off threats as scientists keep publishing", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 32 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ilds.2004.12232bab.017

Reed Elsevier wards off threats as scientists keep publishing

Reed Elsevier wards off threats as scientists keep publishing

The success of Reed Elsevier’s multi-million pound investment in the development of an online platform for scientific publications has seen the number of articles downloaded rise from 86 million in 2002 to 175 million last year and contributed to better than expected pre-tax profits of GBP1bn. The practice of “open access publishing”, in which scientists or research institutions pay for the publication of their own work and then make it freely available, does not yet appear to be having a significant impact on the company’s business.

Times, p. 30, 20 February 2004

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,1-38-1007868,00.html

A little known fact: Elsevier appears in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (its 2,700 pages bringing a new meaning to the word “shorter”) under: (Ed.)

Elzevir – The name of a family of printers at Amsterdam, Leyden etc (1592-1680) famous chiefly for their editions of the classics.

Times change... (Ed.)