Hugo Catherine @hugo4@qoto.org

Anyone else had problems w ACM taking it upon themselves to enforce a Creative Commons NC license against *author uploads* of papers to places it deems commercial (eg SSRN) and issue DMCA takedown notices, despite holding no copyright over the work? And refusing to back down? (cc @cfiesler perhaps?)

TIL: Elsevier is paid to publish a journal for China called ‘The Innovation’. It’s a Cell Press ‘partner’ journal (🙄), where ‘partnership’ means E will do it for 💸💸💸

Stated benefits include “Promoting articles through Elsevier system…” 👍

Getting really tired of publishers being able to make a gravy train out of simple branding. The words “Cell Press” don’t make a journal great, folks 🙄

http://www.the-innovation.org/w_lm_about.asp?id=109&id2=For%20Authors

#OpenAccess #Elsevier #China

Happy birthday to 2 crucial infrastructures! @zenodo_org is 10 years old while @DOAJ is 20 years old !
I'm so happy you are around ! Thank you for your work !

https://zenodo.org/
https://doaj.org/

Publishers can’t be blamed for clinging to the golden goose

By Stevan Harnad 👏👏

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20230510155204375

#publishing #openaccess #GreenOA #GoldOA #research

cc @Bernardpo @jdfr

Dans le cadre d’un article je mène une enquête auprès des archivistes
Merci de bien vouloir faire circuler 🙏
RT apprécié ☺️ https://framaforms.org/enquete-sur-les-outils-informatiques-aupres-des-professionnels-dans-le-milieu-des-archives

I just took this #survey on "the use of #Mastodon by the scientific community."
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2zDYzLZDfjegBpkL8X9EuAmPorRK6bIvgf53QisTnly9pRw/viewform

If you see this toot, you'll probably be interested too.

#AcademicTwitter
@academicchatter

💔
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RT @ISJPS_Sorbonne
⚫️ L'ISJPS a l’immense tristesse de vous annoncer le décès de Julie Mazaleigue-Labaste, chargée de recherche au CNRS. Historienne et philosophe de la médecine mentale et de la sexualité, Julie est l'auteure d’une œuvre importante. L’Institut lui rendra un hommage prochainement.
https://twitter.com/ISJPS_Sorbonne/status/1641070114928746496

Strong year 2022 for #Elsevier:
- Revenue: 2,909 £m (+4%)
- Adjusted operating profit: 1,100 £m (+5%)
- Margin: 37.8%

Annual Reports https://www.relx.com/investors/annual-reports/2022

Let's congratulate the tax payers who, with their hard earned money, increased these profits and made Elsevier shareholders richer who, in turn, have not had to work one second for that money!

Oh, I had almost forgotten our beloved academic institutions who so successfully wasted said tax payer monies on this parasitic coproration.

"Fire of Love" (de Sara Dosa, sur Disney +) est une formidable déclaration d'amour à Maurice et Katia Kraft. A voir absolument !

Save the date for the 1st online seminar of the #PCIwebinarseries on 16/03/23, 4pm CET: "Ethical publishing: how do we get there?" by Fernando Racimo @FerRacimo. Mandatory registration at https://univ-cotedazur.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkf-upqzsoHNEB6on35_Z9sFzOAkSTrtTc More information on https://peercommunityin.org/pci-webinar-series/

@francois_sabot Pour une publication à paraître ces jours-ci dans une revue francophone (Mondes en Développement), mes co-auteurs et moi avons transmis ce document aux coordinateurs du numéro spécial qui nous avaient adressé le contrat de cession de droit classique de la revue. Leur retour et celui de l'éditeur (De Boeck) ont étés très compréhensifs et ils ont accepté qu'on ne signe pas. J'attends de voir la réaction de revues anglosaxones qui ont des politiques plus agressives en la matière.

This is big. Eight UK #universities are acting in concert to adopt #RightsRetention #OpenAccess policies. Their public statement comes out tomorrow. (#paywalled)
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/open-access-accord-weaken-publishers-negotiating-position

The action comes from the N8 Research Partnership universities — Durham, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield, and York.

Thanks and congratulations to them all.

#AcademicMastodon @AcademicChatter

Starting 2023, four universities are pausing or ending their Elsevier subscription due to exorbitant pricing.

Elsevier's subscription was costing them ~10% of their Libraries' entire budget.

"Elsevier’s prices have increased each year and have outpaced inflation"...this is despite Elsevier having the highest profit margins of virtually any other industry or publisher.

via https://www.dailyemerald.com/news/pressing-pause-on-elsevier-subscription/article_93c07dec-9120-11ed-8ce9-abbca97ab954.html
Figure via @MatteoCarandini
#OpenScience #AcademicPublishing #Science @academicchatter

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