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As Journal Boycott Grows, Elsevier Defends Its Practices by silpolin science

[–]silpol[S] 0 points1 point ago

a quote "According to the boycotters, Elsevier, which publishes over 2,000 journals including the prestigious Cell and The Lancet, is abusing academic researchers in three areas. First there are the prices. Then the company bundles subscriptions to lesser journals together with valuable ones, forcing libraries to spend money to buy things they don't want in order to get a few things they do want. And, most recently, Elsevier has supported a proposed federal law, the Research Works Act (HR 3699), that could prevent agencies like the National Institutes of Health from making all articles written by grant recipients freely available."

We are at the 5000 signature mark; Need 20000 more for the Petition to send ACTA to the Senate! by alanXin ACTA

[–]silpol 2 points3 points ago

ask avaaz.org pals to help mail those who had signed pledge for EU parliament from US - I think from 1.2+ million signatures they could find you enough helpers

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