Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:42:35 +0000

Rick

Yes, it does appear that authors can share their pre-prints widely (with some caveats based on individual journals):

http://www.elsevier.com/about/company-information/policies/sharing

My personal view is that having access to preprints is better than having access to nothing, but not as good as having access to the final manuscript. For some readers I’m sure just having access to the pre-print will be sufficient.  And we know that there is great reluctance in some subject areas to sharing preprints - in those cases Elsevier’s new policy will definitely reduce overall sharing.

David




On 25 Jun 2015, at 00:58, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 00:15:19 +0000
>
>> 2. If so, it appears to me that Elsevier’s new sharing policy actually
>> represents a net increase in liberality when it comes to sharing and
>> posting ― am I mistaken about that?
>>
>> Rick, previously authors who were not subject to deposit mandates
>> could deposit their papers without embargo. Now they can’t.  I think
>> that is a significant decrease in liberality and outweighs the
>> increases (which in some areas was just Elsevier catching-up with
>> existing practice)
>
> Thanks, David ― but one clarifying question: isn’t it true that authors
> can still deposit the preprint version of the article without any embargo?
> If that’s true, then this isn’t really a matter of the research itself
> being subject to a new embargo, but only the final manuscript. Do I have
> that right? And if so, then in your view, is that insufficient?
>
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