Elsevier purchases major preprint server
MAY 17, 2016
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.029832
Nature : Online preprint servers, such as arXiv, allow researchers to publicly share their papers prior to peer review. The sites are growing in popularity because they provide free access to cutting-edge research, albeit in draft form. Journal publisher Elsevier, which has tried unsuccessfully to establish its own preprint server, has now purchased the Social Science Research Network, one of the most popular preprint servers for economics, law, and the social sciences. The move appears to be part of the publisher’s larger effort to broaden its services in order to increase web traffic and protect its subscription-based journals.
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