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University of California loses access to new journal articles published by Elsevier after research access fight

Researchers in the University of California system lost subscription access to the major publisher Elsevier, the result of a closely watched fight over how academic research should get read and…
The University of California, Berkeley.

SAN FRANCISCO — Researchers in the University of California system on Wednesday lost subscription access to the major publisher Elsevier, the result of a closely watched fight between the two parties over how academic research should get read and paid for.

The UC system, one of the largest in the country, its Elsevier subscriptions. That decision didn’t have any tangible effect until Elsevier’s move this week.

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