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
@erinnacland @MatteoCarandini @academicchatter Sci-Hub has allowed this to happen, now we have to find a viable alternative to Sci-Hub.
@rastinza @erinnacland @MatteoCarandini @academicchatter The alternative is called #openscience
@rastinza @erinnacland @MatteoCarandini @academicchatter
Yes indeed, it is a long road until researchers take back the whole of their publishing activity. Yet, there is hope. For instance, in France, almost two thirds of the papers published in 2020 are open, and it is growing.
You can find all the details here, in French and in English : https://barometredelascienceouverte.esr.gouv.fr/
@fresseng @erinnacland @MatteoCarandini @academicchatter Indeed, but it's still unclear how it would work on a large scale and how it would substitute commercial publishers.
The fact that it has been theorized and applied in some occasions still doesn't make it an alternative.
Sci-Hub is currently an alternative to commercial publishers.
Openscience is hopefully what's going to substitute this system, but the path to reach that is unclear.