rowmyboat3d ago
If you, a systems, erm or ux #librarian, hate the way the AI/LLM Reading Assistant in #ScienceDirect does a dark pattern & pops up to cover the actual damn thing you are trying to read, you can email #Elsevier support & ask them to disable it for your institution. It may take a while, but given that they did it for me, they’ll probably do it for you. #LibraryLife #libraries
Georg Fischer 🇪🇺🇺🇦4d ago

RE: https://chaos.social/@fragdenstaat/116028614968745733

... und das undurchsichtige Milliardengeschäft re-investieren #Elsevier & Co. in eine noch undurchsichtigere #Surveillance-Industrie, über die Forschende via #Datentracking massenhaft ausgespäht werden und in ihrer #Wissenschaftsfreiheit bedroht sind.

Infodoc MicroVeilleFeb 5

Artificial intelligence in academic practices and policy discourses across ‘Big 5’ publishers

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2026/02/05/artificial-intelligence-in-academic-practices-and-policy-discourses-across-big-5-publishers/

#AczlPetra #ArtificialIntelligence #Elsevier #GergelyFerencLendvai #Sage #ScholarlyPublishing #ScholarlyPublishingMarket #ScientificCommunication #Springer #TaylorFrancis #Wiley

Artificial intelligence in academic practices and policy discourses across ‘Big 5’ publishers – InfoDoc MicroVeille

☑️ CathFeb 3

Wetenschappelijke uitgevers hebben een nieuwe goudmijn gevonden: onderzoekers duizenden euro’s laten betalen om hun werk ‘open’ te publiceren. Wat begon als een ideaal om kennis voor iedereen toegankelijk te maken, leidt nu tot overdracht van schaars publiek onderzoeksgeld naar de zakken van de uitgevers en aandeelhouders:

Gelukkig is er ook een trend naar open platforms gaande:

https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/wetenschappelijke-uitgeverijen-maken-melkkoe-van-gratis-toegang-tot-wetenschap?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebuttonleden&utm_source=mastodon&share=6IXX9xNbNCDNWdEJUmTZuNVCWV32AzorbQPWRZYDO837ERXS/Jb4/PcvfHw3NNY=

#openAccess #opendata #boycott #boycott #Elsevier #Springer

Uitgevers maken melkkoe van ‘gratis’ toegang tot wetenschap

Wetenschappelijke uitgevers hebben een nieuwe goudmijn gevonden: onderzoekers duizenden euro’s laten betalen om hun werk ‘open’ te publiceren. Wat begon als een ideaal om kennis voor iedereen toegankelijk te maken, dreigt nu schaars publiek onderzoeksgeld rechtstreeks naar aandeelhouders te sluizen.

Follow the Money - Platform voor onderzoeksjournalistiek
César Pallares Jan 31

I don't know if anyone noticed that Relx Action, #Elsevier's parent company, has lost 22% in share prices last year. It's share cost the same as 2.5 years ago.

Something interesting is coming

v_i_o_l_aJan 27
"Academic Publishing and Academic Ethos – Looking Back to the Future": Analyse von Stefan Klein am Beispiel von Elsevier: "I use Elsevier as an example to illustrate the impact and risks of digitalization of academic publishing house, or ‘information analytics businesses’ as Elsevier has rebranded itself."
https://doi.org/10.30819/5768 › Beitrag 2.
#AcademicPublishing #Pulizieren #Wissenschaft #Elsevier
Book Description: Stefan Strecker, Jürgen Jung (Hrsg.) : Informing Possible Future Worlds. Essays in Honour of Ulrich Frank

Logos Verlag Berlin, Germany, Stefan Strecker, Jürgen Jung (Hrsg.) Informing Possible Future Worlds. Essays in Honour of Ulrich Frank

Maria Chiara PievatoloJan 22

RE: https://mastodon.social/@rmounce/115938156235443117

#ICE Per chi se ne fosse dimenticato: quando università ed enti di ricerca versano denaro pubblico a #Elsevier finanziano questa roba qua:

Ross MounceJan 22

Given all the news about ICE in the past few weeks, can I kindly remind you all that RELX (owners of Elsevier & LexisNexis) is "mission-critical" to ICE.

ICE pays RELX Group and Thomson Reuters millions of dollars for the personal data it needs to fuel its big data policing program.

https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2019/ice-surveillance/

see also the book 'Data Cartels' (2022) by Sarah Lamdan.

#Elsevier #RELX #ICE #complicity

Librarianship at the Crossroads of ICE Surveillance – In the Library with the Lead Pipe

Raphaël LévyJan 22
Still not retracted: this article published by an #Elsevier journal has had comments on #PubPeer since October 2021 with non sensical expressions such as "ice water shower" instead of "ice water bath" and other problems
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.04.064
https://pubpeer.com/publications/5CA4B5C0ADBD94A1D8E6A8344B3962
Show threadMark A. HansonJan 13
Far from enforcing their policies, publishers *hide* PISS. We learned most publisher policies ACTIVELY hide PISS by altering article metadata post-hoc. At a *minimum* #Frontiers, #Elsevier, #MDPI all do it publicly! Yikes. 🤯 Thanks to @deevybee.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy et al. for noting this (see pics). 11/n