What are the access methods for Elsevier?

How do I access Elsevier articles?

Elsevier publishes open access articles(opens in new tab/window) which are free for readers to access. We also make articles openly available through our open archives and open manuscripts via the CHORUS(opens in new tab/window) service.

Are all Elsevier journals open access?

Elsevier is one of the fastest-growing open access publishers in the world. Nearly all of Elsevier's 2,800 journals now enable open access publishing, including 760+ journals which are fully open access journals.

Is Elsevier deal open access?

The objective of DEAL is to secure agreements that ensure the immediate publication of research articles by authors from German institutions as open access articles and that provide perpetual full-text access to the publisher's entire journal portfolio, while at the same time achieving fair and reasonable pricing for ...

What are the benefits of open access with Elsevier?

When you publish open access with us you benefit from the world-class expertise of our editors and reviewers, state-of-the-art innovations that measure your impact and make your work more visible (and your life easier), and exposure on the world's biggest publishing platform, ScienceDirect.

Publishing Open Access with Elsevier

How much does Elsevier charge for open access?

We offer a choice of journals with open access publishing charges ranging from $150 to $9,900. We will also consider requests for accommodations on a case by case basis for authors who are required to publish open access but do not have the financial means to do so.

How to access Elsevier journals for free?

Open content

Elsevier publishes open access articles(opens in new tab/window) which are free for readers to access. We also make articles openly available through our open archives and open manuscripts via the CHORUS(opens in new tab/window) service.

What is gold open access in Elsevier?

In the gold open access model, you pay an article publishing charge (APC), making your article immediately, permanently and freely available for anyone to access, read and build on. In many cases, your institution or research funder will pay the APC on your behalf.

Do open access journals reject papers?

Once the author has agreed to submit and transfer their paper to a Wiley Open Access journal, editorial decisions will be made in the usual way, i.e. accept, accept with minor revisions, major revisions requested, reject.

How do I know if a publication is open access?

Check the article's journal website. If a publication is OA then it is visible (via OA logo or OA statement) on the publisher website. It is suggested to add Unpaywall/Open Access Button/Kopernio plugins to your Chrome or FireFox (if possible) browsers.

What is the difference between Elsevier and ScienceDirect?

ScienceDirect is a website that provides access to a large bibliographic database of scientific and medical publications of the Dutch publisher Elsevier. It hosts over 18 million pieces of content from more than 4,000 academic journals and 30,000 e-books of this publisher.

Does Elsevier pay authors?

Royalty payments are made as agreed in your contract. Most of our contracts are either annual (January-December) or semi-annual (January-June and July-December). Annual contracts are generally paid in March each year. Semi-annual contracts are generally paid in either March and September, or April and October.

What is the average open access fee?

The authors pay what is known as an APC, article processing charge, which is anywhere from typically $1000 US up to more than $10,000 US. On average, APCs are around $2,800 – $3,000 US in 2021. So, it's pretty expensive. Where does this money come from?

Is Elsevier a journal or publisher?

This is Elsevier

As the world's leading scientific publisher, our high quality and trusted journals publish around 600k articles per annum which account for 18% of global articles, and 28% of global citations, reflecting the quality of the work we publish.

What journals are under Elsevier?

Is Elsevier a reliable source?

Elsevier is a leading publisher of some of the most well-respected science journals in the world. Hence publishing a research in Elsevier will be widely disseminated. Because of this, Elsevier journals are a smart choice for scientific authors. Elsevier journals also have a high journal impact factor overall.

What is wrong with open access journal?

Researchers can be spammed by open access publishers of often dubious quality ("predatory journals"), which colours their perception of the open access publication model. It takes some effort to sort the wheat from the chaff.

Is it bad to publish in an open access journal?

Open Access (OA) publications reduce permission requirements and eliminate price barriers for readers. OA allows access for researchers, teachers, journalists, policy makers and the general public without a subscription. Many studies demonstrate that OA literature receives more citations than subscription publications.

What is the disadvantage of open access journal?

Disadvantages. New journals, like Open Access journals, take time to acquire impact metrics. The impact factor as a criterium to evaluate scientists is currently evaluated. Depositing full texts of publications in repositories requires extra effort to comply with Open Access policies of research funders and WUR.

What is the difference between green and gold open access publishing?

The first option, the "green route" is centered around publishing in a subscription-based journal, with a copy of the article being placed in an institutional repository (called self-archiving). The second option, the "gold route" involves publishing in an open access journal.

What is the difference between gold and diamond open access?

There are other terms that are sometimes used to categorise open access that might be useful to know. Diamond (also known as platinum) refers to gold open access without fees. It is typically used by publishers who are keen to emphasise that they do not charge authors to publish open access.

Does Elsevier allow preprint?

In line with our sharing policy, authors can share their preprints anytime and anywhere, and we encourage them to do so. We are also working to automate this process for authors on our own pre-print server, SSRN(opens in new tab/window) , through programs such as First Look(opens in new tab/window) .

Is Scopus and Elsevier same?

Scopus is Elsevier's abstract and citation database launched in 2004. Scopus covers 36,377 titles (22,794 active titles and 13,583 inactive titles) from 11,678 publishers, of which 34,346 are peer-reviewed journals in top-level subject fields: life sciences, social sciences, physical sciences and health sciences.

What is the difference between open access and open archive?

First, if a paper is open access, the authors hold the copyright, whereas the journal holds the copyrights of papers in the open archive. Second, open access papers are available immediately, whereas papers in the open archive become available 12 months after publication.

How much is Elsevier article choice?

$31.50 USD per article or chapter for most Elsevier content. Select titles are priced between $19.95 USD and $39.95 USD (subject to change).