Leaked document prompts fears of big publisher ‘lock in’

As Elsevier buys another academic workflow company, some worry about potential for publishers to ‘lock in’ scholars to their services

16 August

Purchase of research repository has horrified open access advocates who fear acquisition marks attempt to maintain control over publishing

19 May

The founders of Mendeley have insisted that selling the company to the controversial academic publisher Elsevier will result only in “good things”

9 April

Analysis of publishing deals across Europe highlights different costs faced by country-level consortia

29 October

Elsevier could sell Dutch universities a bundle of journal access rights and software, raising concerns that universities could become stuck in one publisher’s software ecosystem