. . PUBLISHERS PUBLISHING AND PUBLICATIONS: SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS: Amid Boycott, Elsevier Backtracks on Research Bill . . Amid Boycott, Elsevier Backtracks on Research BillJournal publisher still opposes current U.S. rules mandating access to taxpayer-funded research
CBC News Posted: Feb 27, 2012 1:31 PM ET Last Updated: Feb 27, 2012 3:00 PM EThttp://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/ 2012/02/27/science-elsevier-boycott.html
. A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/6p5osph . .One of the largest academic publishers in the world withdrew its support Monday from a controversial U.S. bill, the Research Works Act, that critics feel would restrict public access to published, publicly-funded research.
.The change of heart by Dutch publisher Elsevier follows a boycott of its journals and publishing ventures by thousands of researchers around the world.
.More than 7,400 researchers, including several in Canada, publicly declared they would not publish in Elsevier journals or peer review papers for those journals, or do editing work for them as part of a "Cost of Knowledge" boycott launched in January. The researchers normally provide those services for free to scieintific journal publishers.
.Elsevier's sponsorship of the bill had been cited as one of the reasons for the boycott, along with: Its support for other bills that could limit open access to published research; the company's high subscription prices; and business practices that force academic libraries to buy large "bundles" of journals they don't want.
. snip .The Research Works Act, sponsored by New York congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, a Democrat, and California congressman Darrell Issa, a Republican, would ban federal funding agencies from stipulating that the published results of the research they fund must be made freely accessible to the public within a certain amount of time.
. . The complete article may be read at the URL above. . . ELSEVIER WITHDRAWS SUPPORT FOR THE RESEARCH WORKS ACT http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/intro.cws_home/newmessagerwa .While we continue to oppose government mandates in this area, Elsevier is withdrawing support for the Research Work Act itself. We hope this will address some of the concerns expressed and help create a less heated and more productive climate for our ongoing discussions with research funders.
.Cooperation and collaboration are critical because different kinds of journals in different fields have different economics and models. Inflexible mandates that do not take those differences into account and do not involve the publisher in decision making can undermine the peer-reviewed journals that serve an essential purpose in the research community. Therefore, while withdrawing support for the Research Works Act, we will continue to join with those many other nonprofit and commercial publishers and scholarly societies that oppose repeated efforts to extend mandates through legislation.
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