From: "Smith, Kevin L" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 14:30:21 +0000

Thanks Leo; that is very interesting.  I don’t think that Elsevier’s move
toward data analytics actually means that they are no longer interested in
publishing content; that activity, after all, is a major source of the data
they collect.  It is just that they are placing more emphasis on selling
the data right now, in recognition that that is where future profitability
lies.



Kevin L. Smith, M.L.S., J.D.

Dean of Libraries

University of Kansas




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/
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Leo Waaijers