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El Duvelle
@elduvelle@neuromatch.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Trying to read a paper related to my research. I have access to it through my university's arrangements with the publisher, meaning that the uni pays (several £100k per year) for the access.

Publisher website ( #Elsevier): error "there was a problem providing the content you requested"

#Scihub website: here you go, read this PDF for free and with no hassle whatsoever

#AcademicChatter

Edit: I wasn't sure that it was really paying "millions per year" so I looked it up. Couldn't find current numbers but I found this list from 10y ago saying most UK unis pay an average of ~£800 000 per year just for Elsevier journals:
https://gowers.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/elsevier-journals-some-facts/

Screenshot of the top of the table in the linked text that shows the annual cost that several UK universities paid Elsevier per year (TVA not shown so you can add 20% to that)
Costs vary from £200 000 (Exeter) to £ 1.3 million (Imperial College London) in this screenshot
Screenshot of the top of the table in the linked text that shows the annual cost that several UK universities paid Elsevier per year (TVA not shown so you can add 20% to that) Costs vary from £200 000 (Exeter) to £ 1.3 million (Imperial College London) in this screenshot
Screenshot of the top of the table in the linked text that shows the annual cost that several UK universities paid Elsevier per year (TVA not shown so you can add 20% to that) Costs vary from £200 000 (Exeter) to £ 1.3 million (Imperial College London) in this screenshot
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