From: Anthony Watkinson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 10:18:40 +0000 As I have probably said before on this list, CIBER Research, for whom I am principal consultant, are involved in a three year study of early career researchers. I have interviewed in depth ECRs in the US and the UK in 2016 and (the same ones) in 2017 and I follow their Research Gate profiles when they have one. I am half way through my 2017 scrutiny of what they put on Research Gate. Among the things that surprise me has been the fact that the great majority of them do not put full text up of most of their articles - just the titles requiring contact. As I see it this change of policy may not make as much difference as one might expect. Of course these ECRs are in highly developed countries, but this does not make them any less keen on establishing their reputation and recognition though they may assume easy access. Anthony -----Original Message----- From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 18:00:33 -0500 "The academic social network ResearchGate has taken moves to restrict access to at least 1.7 million scholarly articles following threats of legal action by a coalition of publishers including Elsevier and the American Chemical Society (ACS), Times Higher Education reports today (November 9). The change, which follows months of conflict between the organizations, means that papers once freely available to download now have to be requested directly from their authors." [SNIP] http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/50918/title/ResearchGate-Restricts-Access-to-Nearly-2-Million-Articles/