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Peer Review

Yet perhaps half the papers are rubbish, because the peer review is absolutely rubbish.

"Elsevier is just a commercial publisher."

No, commercial publishers PAY the writers. Elsevier behaves like a Vanity house. They are charging the writers, providing poor peer review (the peer reviewers usually are not paid by journals!) and overcharging readers and especially researchers for access.

The charges to readers might be justified if they where Marvel, Netflix etc, or paid for quality peer review but still it would be wrong as they don't pay writers. Elsevier is in a dominant position and stifling research. Boycott publishing on them or paying to read.

Elsevier doesn't pay for the research either which is a LOT more expensive than writing for Mills & Boone.

So who are the pirates, the bandits?

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