From: leo waaijers <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2019 22:09:28 +0100

Dear Anthony,



No, I have no special evidence. I simply referred to an article I thought
might be interesting to the list. And yes, I know the journalist well
enough (1) to believe him when he says that he has his information ‘on good
authority’, and (2) to know that he will not share his source with me.



In the meantime, your information about editors receiving substantial
payments triggered a question. Where would the loyalty of these editors go
in the sometimes heated debate between research funders and publishers
about OA or Plan S?



Leo





From: Anthony Watkinson <[log in to unmask]>

Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 09:36:35 +0000

I have no idea where the information about Elsevier policies have come from
but there is one assertion in this curious report that is so incorrect that
I want to counter it. I have run journals for parts or all of the lists of
four major companies over forty years. I have never published a journal the
editor of which received no payment. Sometimes in the medical world the
amounts were substantial.



I know what I am talking about. I wrote the contracts. Sometimes but rarely
the payment (at the editor’s request) was described as expenses - drawn
upon for air fares - but usually they were clearly differentiated from
expenses incurred in editing the journal and quite often the costs of a
journal office (the editor’s assistant etc) were also likewise subject to a
separate clause.



Now I have never worked for Elsevier. Maybe Leo has special evidence.
Please disclose this.



Anthony


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From: leo waaijers <[log in to unmask]>

Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2019 19:11:00 +0100

For those who think that Elsevier, positioning itself as an information
analytics company, might be less interested in individual journals the
following article might be revealing.



https://www.scienceguide.nl/2018/12/elsevier-willing-to-compensate-editors-to-prevent-them-from-flipping/



Leo Waaijers