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Germany vs Elsevier: universities win temporary journal access after refusing to pay fees

Scientists in Germany can still read journals even though institutions there have not renewed their subscriptions.
  1. Quirin Schiermeier
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The Dutch publishing giant Elsevier has granted uninterrupted access to its paywalled journals for researchers at around 200 German universities and research institutes that had refused to renew their individual subscriptions at the end of 2017.

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Nature 553, 137 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-00093-7

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