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Alte Universitätsbibliothek, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, January 30, 2018 | © Courtesy of Rüdiger Stehn/Flickr.

The Conflict over Open Access between Elsevier and German Academic Institutions Shows the Importance of Journal Subscriptions

As an agreement on terms of access to paywall-protected journals between Germany’s educational and scientific organizations and the international publishing house Elsevier continues to elude the negotiating parties, a growing criticism from the side...