Editing Elsevier (section)

== Relationship with academic institutions ==

=== Finland ===
In 2015, Finnish research organizations paid a total of 27 million euros in subscription fees. Over one-third of the total costs went to Elsevier. The information was revealed after successful court appeal following a denied request on the subscription fees, due to confidentiality clauses in contracts with the publishers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ropengov.github.io/r/2016/06/10/FOI/|title=Scientific journal subscription costs in Finland 2010-2015: a preliminary analysis|website=rOpenGov |first1=Leo |last1=Lahti |date=June 10, 2016 |access-date=15 October 2017|archive-date=15 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015203133/https://ropengov.github.io/r/2016/06/10/FOI/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Establishing of this fact lead to creation of tiedonhinta.fi petition demanding more reasonable pricing and open access to content signed by more than 2800 members of the research community.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tiedonhinta.fi/en/english/ |title=The Cost of Scientific Publications Must Not Get Out of Hand |access-date=3 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015203433/https://tiedonhinta.fi/en/english/ |website=Tiedonhinta.fi |archive-date=15 October 2017}}</ref> While deals with other publishers have been made, this was not the case for Elsevier, leading to the nodealnoreview.org boycott of the publisher signed more than 600 times.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nodealnoreview.org/|title=No Deal, No Review.|website=nodealnoreview.org |access-date=27 January 2021|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128094024/http://nodealnoreview.org/|url-status=usurped }}</ref>

In January 2018, it was confirmed that a deal had been reached between those concerned.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/en/news/finelib-and-elsevier-reach-agreement-for-subscription-access-and-open-access-publishing|title=FinELib and Elsevier Reach Agreement for Subscription Access and Open Access Publishing |date=17 January 2018|website=The National Library of Finland |access-date=17 January 2018|archive-date=17 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117192300/https://www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/en/news/finelib-and-elsevier-reach-agreement-for-subscription-access-and-open-access-publishing|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mostlyphysics.net/blog/2018/1/25/finland-takes-a-step-back-in-the-openness-of-academic-journal-pricing |first1=Toma |last1=Susi |title=Finland takes steps in the openness of academic journal pricing |date=25 January 2018 |newspaper=Mostly Physics |access-date=3 March 2021 |archive-date=1 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501225922/https://www.mostlyphysics.net/blog/2018/1/25/finland-takes-a-step-back-in-the-openness-of-academic-journal-pricing |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/au-coeur-de-la-recherche/article/130418/transition-vers-l-acces-libre-le-piege-des-accords-globaux-avec-les-editeur |title=Transition vers l'Accès Libre: le piège des accords globaux avec les éditeurs |access-date=3 March 2021 |website=Mediapart |date=13 April 2018 |trans-title=Transition to Open Access: the Trap of Global Agreements with Publishers |language=fr |archive-date=8 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408021709/https://blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/au-coeur-de-la-recherche/article/130418/transition-vers-l-acces-libre-le-piege-des-accords-globaux-avec-les-editeur |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== France ===
The French [[Couperin (consortium)|Couperin consortium]] agreed in 2019 to a 4-year contract with Elsevier,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aefinfo.fr/assets/medias/documents/4/8/482545.pdf|title=Communiqué sur la négociation Elsevier|last=Consortium Couperin|date=11 June 2019|access-date=26 August 2019|archive-date=26 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826202815/https://www.aefinfo.fr/assets/medias/documents/4/8/482545.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> despite criticism from the scientific community.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2019/05/13/embrouilles-a-propos-de-l-acces-aux-revues-scientifiques_5461530_1650684.html |title=Embrouilles à propos de l'accès aux revues scientifiques |last=Larousserie |first=David |date=13 May 2019 |access-date=27 January 2021 |language=fr |trans-title=Confusion over access to scientific journals |archive-date=18 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118100253/https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2019/05/13/embrouilles-a-propos-de-l-acces-aux-revues-scientifiques_5461530_1650684.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The French [[École Normale Supérieure]] has stopped having Elsevier publish the journal ''[[Annales Scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/journals.html |title=What We Can Do About Science Journals |last=Baez |first=John |date=24 January 2011 |access-date=27 January 2021 |archive-date=23 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123101410/https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/journals.html |url-status=live }}</ref> (as of 2008).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/600714/description|title=Annales Scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure |publisher=Elsevier |access-date=3 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080412014908/https://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/600714/description |archive-date=12 April 2008 }}</ref>

Effective on 1 January 2020, the [[French Academy of Sciences]] stopped publishing its 7 journals [[Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences]] with Elsevier and switched to [[Centre Mersenne]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/|title=Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences|access-date=7 January 2021|archive-date=9 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109091925/https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Germany ===
Since 2018 and as of 2023,<ref name="science202308" /> almost no academic institution in Germany is subscribed to Elsevier.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.projekt-deal.de/vertragskundigungen-elsevier-2018/|title=Vertragskündigungen Elsevier 2018|last=Haufe|first=Gottfried|date=20 November 2018|website=www.projekt-deal.de|access-date=6 March 2019|archive-date=6 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044759/https://www.projekt-deal.de/vertragskundigungen-elsevier-2018/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00492-4|title=Thousands of scientists run up against Elsevier's paywall|last=Else|first=Holly|date=5 February 2019|journal=Nature|access-date=6 March 2019|doi=10.1038/d41586-019-00492-4|s2cid=86526472|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308013032/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00492-4|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Germany's DEAL project ([[Projekt DEAL]]), which includes over 60 major research institutions<!--consortium of state-funded universities and research organizations-->, has announced that all of its members are cancelling their contracts with Elsevier, effective 1 January 2017. The boycott is in response to Elsevier's refusal to adopt "transparent business models" to "make publications more openly accessible".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Doctorow|first1=Cory|title=Germany-wide consortium of research libraries announce boycott of Elsevier journals over open access|url=https://boingboing.net/2016/12/15/germany-wide-consortium-of-res.html|publisher=Boing Boing|access-date=27 December 2016|date=15 December 2016|archive-date=27 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227040525/http://boingboing.net/2016/12/15/germany-wide-consortium-of-res.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=No full-text access to Elsevier journals to be expected from 1 January 2017 on|url=https://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/en/news/details/voraussichtlich-keine-volltexte-von-zeitschriften-des-elsevier-verlags-ab-dem-112017/|publisher=Göttingen State and University Library|access-date=27 December 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227132101/https://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/en/news/details/voraussichtlich-keine-volltexte-von-zeitschriften-des-elsevier-verlags-ab-dem-112017/|archive-date=27 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="nature1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lrk-bw.de/index.php/pressemitteilungen|title=Pressemitteilungen|website=Lrk-bw.de|language=de-de|access-date=11 July 2017|trans-title=Press Releases|archive-date=11 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711132409/http://www.lrk-bw.de/index.php/pressemitteilungen|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/49906/title/Major-German-Universities-Cancel-Elsevier-Contracts/ |title=Major German Universities Cancel Elsevier Contracts |website=The Scientist |last=Kwon |first=Diana |date=17 July 2017 |access-date=27 January 2021 |archive-date=28 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028122903/http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/49906/title/Major-German-Universities-Cancel-Elsevier-Contracts/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/bold-open-access-push-germany-could-change-future-academic-publishing |title=A bold open-access push in Germany could change the future of academic publishing |last1=Kupferschmidt |first1=Kai |last2=Vogel |first2=Gretchen |date=23 August 2017 |website=Science |access-date=27 January 2021 |archive-date=6 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106100330/https://www.science.org/content/article/bold-open-access-push-germany-could-change-future-academic-publishing |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.hrk.de/press/press-releases/press-release/meldung/researchers-resign-editorship-of-elsevier-journals-4237/ |title=Researchers resign editorship of Elsevier journals |publisher=[[German Rectors' Conference]] |date=12 October 2017 |access-date=27 January 2021 |archive-date=17 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017042346/https://www.hrk.de/press/press-releases/press-release/meldung/researchers-resign-editorship-of-elsevier-journals-4237/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Horst Hippler, spokesperson for the DEAL consortium states that "taxpayers have a right to read what they are paying for" and that "publishers must understand that the route to open-access publishing at an affordable price is irreversible".<ref name="nature1" /> In July 2017, another 13 institutions announced that they would also be cancelling their subscriptions to Elsevier journals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2017/07/26/93682/german-universities-to-let-elsevier-contracts-lapse/|title=German universities to let Elsevier contracts lapse {{!}} Books+Publishing|website=Booksandpublishing.com.au|access-date=29 July 2017|archive-date=29 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729232013/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2017/07/26/93682/german-universities-to-let-elsevier-contracts-lapse/|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2017, at least 185 German institutions had cancelled their contracts with Elsevier.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.projekt-deal.de/vertragskundigungen-elsevier-2017/|title=Vertragskündigungen Elsevier 2017 – Projekt DEAL|website=Projekt-deal.de|access-date=12 September 2017|archive-date=12 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912165826/https://www.projekt-deal.de/vertragskundigungen-elsevier-2017/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, whilst negotiations were ongoing, around 200 German universities that cancelled their subscriptions to Elsevier journals were granted complimentary open access to them until this ended in July of the year.<ref name="matthews-2018">
{{cite news
|last1=Matthews
|first1=David
|title=Elsevier maintains German access despite failure to strike deal
|date=4 January 2018
|work=Times Higher Education (THE)
|location=London, United Kingdom
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|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/elsevier-maintains-german-access-despite-failure-strike-deal
|access-date=5 January 2018
|archive-date=5 January 2018
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105021857/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/elsevier-maintains-german-access-despite-failure-strike-deal
|url-status=live
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/universities-in-germany-and-sweden-lose-access-to-elsevier-journals--64522 |title=Universities in Germany and Sweden Lose Access to Elsevier Journals |last=Kwon |first=Diana |date=19 July 2018 |website=The Scientist |access-date=3 March 2021 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308202352/https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/universities-in-germany-and-sweden-lose-access-to-elsevier-journals--64522 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="schiermeier-2018">{{cite journal |last1=Schiermeier |first1=Quirin |title=Germany vs Elsevier: universities win temporary journal access after refusing to pay fees |date=4 January 2018 |journal=Nature News |volume=553 |issue=7687 |page=137 |issn=1476-4687 |doi=10.1038/d41586-018-00093-7 |pmid=29323311 |bibcode=2018Natur.553..137S |doi-access=free}}</ref>

On 19 December 2018, the [[Max Planck Society]] (MPS) announced that the existing subscription agreement with Elsevier would not be renewed after the expiration date of 31 December 2018. MPS counts 14,000 scientists in 84 research institutes, publishing 12,000 articles each year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mpdl.mpg.de/en/505 |title=Max Planck Society discontinues agreement with Elsevier; stands firm with Projekt DEAL negotiations |website=Max Planck Digital Library |access-date=3 March 2021 |archive-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111062713/https://www.mpdl.mpg.de/en/505 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="mps20181219">{{cite news|first1=Gary|last1=Price|url=https://www.infodocket.com/2018/12/19/max-planck-society-discontinues-agreement-with-elsevier-affirms-support-for-projekt-deal/|title=Max Planck Society Discontinues Agreement with Elsevier. Affirms Support for Projekt Deal|work=infodocket.com Library Journal|date=19 December 2018|access-date=19 December 2018|archive-date=20 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220033858/https://www.infodocket.com/2018/12/19/max-planck-society-discontinues-agreement-with-elsevier-affirms-support-for-projekt-deal/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2023 Elsevier and DEAL reached a tentative agreement on a [[Project DEAL#Publish and read model|publish and read model]], which would take effect until 2028 if at least 70% of the eligible institutions opt into it.<ref name="science202308">{{cite web|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/german-science-organizations-strike-open-access-deal-elsevier|title=German science organizations strike open-access deal with Elsevier|date=2023-09-06|author=Gretchen Vogel}}</ref>

=== Hungary ===
In March 2018, the Hungarian ''Electronic Information Service National Programme'' entered negotiations on its 2019 Elsevier subscriptions, asking for a read-and-publish deal.<ref name="hungary_terminates">{{cite web|title=Hungarian Consortium terminates negotiations with Elsevier|url=https://eisz.mtak.hu/index.php/en/283-hungarian-consortium-terminates-negotiations-with-elsevier.html|website=eisz.mtak.hu|access-date=16 January 2019|archive-date=16 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116195319/http://eisz.mtak.hu/index.php/en/283-hungarian-consortium-terminates-negotiations-with-elsevier.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Negotiations were ended by the Hungarian consortium in December 2018, and the subscription was not renewed.<ref name="editors-resign">{{cite news|last1=McKenzie|first1=Lindsay|title=Elsevier journal editors resign, start rival open-access journal|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/01/14/elsevier-journal-editors-resign-start-rival-open-access-journal|access-date=16 January 2019|work=Inside Higher Ed |date=14 January 2019|archive-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228034352/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/01/14/elsevier-journal-editors-resign-start-rival-open-access-journal|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Iran ===
In 2013, Elsevier changed its policies in response to sanctions announced by the US [[Office of Foreign Assets Control]] that year. This included a request that all Elsevier journals avoid publishing papers by Iranian nationals who are employed by the Iranian government.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/articles/scientific-sanctions-a-catastrophe-for-the-civilised-world/?galley=print|title=Scientific sanctions: A catastrophe for the civilized world|first=Behnam|last=Baghianimoghadam|journal=[[Indian Journal of Medical Ethics]]|date=9 February 2014|volume=11|issue=2|page=130|pmid=24727630|access-date=25 December 2018|archive-date=14 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314184545/https://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org/articles/scientific-sanctions-a-catastrophe-for-the-civilised-world/?galley=print|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.farsnews.ir/print.aspx?nn=13920814000991 |title=Taylor & Francis group bans publication of articles by Iranian authors |website=Fars News |date=5 November 2013 |access-date=3 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226084301/https://en.farsnews.ir/print.aspx?nn=13920814000991 |archive-date=26 December 2018 }}</ref> Elsevier executive Mark Seeley expressed regret on behalf of the company, but did not announce an intention to challenge this interpretation of the law.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elsevier.com/connect/trade-sanctions-against-iran-affect-publishers|first=Mark|last=Seeley|title=Trade sanctions against Iran affect publishers|publisher=Elsevier|date=9 May 2013|access-date=25 December 2018|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226084256/https://www.elsevier.com/connect/trade-sanctions-against-iran-affect-publishers|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Italy ===
CRUI (an association of Italian universities) sealed a 5-year-long deal for 2018–2022,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.crui.it/archivio-notizie/i-ricercatori-italiani-potranno-beneficiare-dell%E2%80%99accesso-continuo-al-database-sciencedirect-di-elsevie.html |title=I ricercatori italiani potranno beneficiare dell'accesso continuo al database ScienceDirect di Elsevier |website=Conferenza dei Rettori delle Università italiane |access-date=3 March 2021 |language=Italian |trans-title=Italian researchers will benefit from continuous access to Elsevier's ScienceDirect database |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126072828/https://www.crui.it/archivio-notizie/i-ricercatori-italiani-potranno-beneficiare-dell%E2%80%99accesso-continuo-al-database-sciencedirect-di-elsevie.html |url-status=live }}</ref> despite protests from the scientific community, protests focused on aspects such as the lack of prevention of cost increases by means of the [[Double dipping (publishing)|double dipping]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.roars.it/online/svezia-italia-1-0-berlino-2018-italia-fanalino-di-coda-nellopen-science/ |title=Svezia-Italia 1-0. Berlino 2018: Italia fanalino di coda nell'Open Science |date=10 December 2018 |last=Galimberti |first=Paola |newspaper=Roars: Returns on Academic Research |access-date=3 March 2021 |language=Italian |trans-title=Sweden-Italy 1-0. Berlin 2018: Italy lagging behind in Open Science |archive-date=16 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116205458/https://www.roars.it/online/svezia-italia-1-0-berlino-2018-italia-fanalino-di-coda-nellopen-science/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Netherlands ===
In 2015, a consortium of all of Netherlands' 14 universities threatened to boycott Elsevier if it could not agree that articles by Dutch authors would be made open access and settled with the compromise of 30% of its Dutch papers becoming open access by 2018. Gerard Meijer, president of [[Radboud University]] in [[Nijmegen]] and lead negotiator on the Dutch side noted, "it's not the 100% that I hoped for".<ref name="nature1">{{cite journal|last1=Schiermeier|first1=Quirin|last2=Mega|first2=Emiliano Rodríguez|title=Scientists in Germany, Peru and Taiwan to lose access to Elsevier journals|journal=Nature|volume=541|issue=7635|pages=13|doi=10.1038/nature.2016.21223|pmid=28054621|bibcode=2017Natur.541...13S|year=2016|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bohannon|first1=John|title=In unique deal, Elsevier agrees to make some papers by Dutch authors free|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/unique-deal-elsevier-agrees-make-some-papers-dutch-authors-free|journal=Science|access-date=27 December 2016|date=11 December 2015|doi=10.1126/science.aad7565|doi-access=free|archive-date=20 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120080031/https://www.science.org/content/article/unique-deal-elsevier-agrees-make-some-papers-dutch-authors-free|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dutch Universities and Elsevier reach agreement in principle - Library UvA - University of Amsterdam|url=https://uba.uva.nl/en/news/news/content/2015/12/elsevier-deal.html|publisher=Universiteit van Amsterdam|access-date=27 December 2016|date=12 October 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227130822/https://uba.uva.nl/en/news/news/content/2015/12/elsevier-deal.html|archive-date=27 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://medium.com/@SiccodeKnecht/how-elsevier-plans-to-sabotage-open-access-76fbd46593ae |title=How Elsevier plans to sabotage Open Access |last=De Knecht |first=Sicco |date=25 March 2017 |website=Medium |access-date=3 March 2021 |archive-date=28 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328062324/https://medium.com/@SiccodeKnecht/how-elsevier-plans-to-sabotage-open-access-76fbd46593ae |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Norway ===
In March 2019, the Norwegian government on behalf of 44 institutions &mdash; universities, university colleges, research institutes, and hospitals &mdash; decided to break negotiations on renewal of their subscription deal with Elsevier, because of disagreement regarding open-access policy and Elsevier's unwillingness to reduce the cost of reading access.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mynewsdesk.com/no/unit/pressreleases/norwegian-research-institutions-have-decided-not-to-renew-their-agreement-with-elsevier-2846284|title=Norwegian research institutions have decided not to renew their agreement with Elsevier|date=12 March 2019|website=UNIT|access-date=12 March 2019|archive-date=12 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312104624/https://www.mynewsdesk.com/no/unit/pressreleases/norwegian-research-institutions-have-decided-not-to-renew-their-agreement-with-elsevier-2846284|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== South Korea ===
In 2017, over 70 university libraries confirmed a "contract boycott" movement involving three publishers including Elsevier. As of January 2018, whilst negotiations remain underway, a decision will be made as to whether or not continue the participating libraries will continue the boycott.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.unn.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=183521 |title=70여개 대학 도서관, 새해 첫 날부터 일부 논문 못 봐 - 한국대학신문 |author=Kim Jung-hyun |date=29 December 2017 |access-date=3 March 2021 |language=ko-KR |trans-title=70 University Libraries Can't See Some Papers From New Year's Day |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109041530/http://news.unn.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=183521 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was subsequently confirmed that an agreement had been reached.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/south-korean-universities-reach-agreement-elsevier-after-long-standoff|title=South Korean universities reach agreement with Elsevier after long standoff|date=15 January 2018|journal=Science|access-date=16 January 2018|archive-date=15 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215075908/https://www.science.org/content/article/south-korean-universities-reach-agreement-elsevier-after-long-standoff|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Sweden ===
In May 2018, the [[Bibsam Consortium]], which negotiates license agreements on behalf of all Swedish universities and research institutes, decided not to renew their contract with Elsevier,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/sweden-cancels-elsevier-contract-open-access-dispute-spreads|title=Sweden cancels Elsevier contract as open-access dispute spreads|date=16 May 2018|website=www.timeshighereducation.com|access-date=5 March 2019|archive-date=6 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044618/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/sweden-cancels-elsevier-contract-open-access-dispute-spreads|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="sparc">{{citation|url=https://sparcopen.org/our-work/big-deal-cancellation-tracking/|title=Big Deal Cancellation Tracking|work=Sparcopen.org|publisher=[[Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition]]|location=US|access-date=30 June 2018|archive-date=30 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630105134/https://sparcopen.org/our-work/big-deal-cancellation-tracking/|url-status=live}}</ref> alleging that the publisher does not meet the demands of transition towards a more open-access model, and referring to the rapidly increasing costs for publishing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kb.se/bibliotek/centrala-avtal/|title=Bibsamkonsortiet - Kungliga biblioteket|last=annwen|website=www.kb.se|language=SV|access-date=31 May 2018|archive-date=30 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630105807/http://www.kb.se/bibliotek/centrala-avtal/|url-status=live}}</ref> Swedish universities will still have access to articles published before 30 June 2018. Astrid Söderbergh Widding, chairman of the Bibsam Consortium, said, "the current system for scholarly communication must change and our only option is to cancel deals when they don't meet our demands for a sustainable transition to open access".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://openaccess.blogg.kb.se/2018/05/16/sweden-stands-up-for-open-access-cancels-agreement-with-elsevier/|title=Sweden stands up for open access – cancels agreement with Elsevier|date=16 May 2018|work=OpenAccess.se|access-date=30 May 2018|language=sv-SE|archive-date=22 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522133021/http://openaccess.blogg.kb.se/2018/05/16/sweden-stands-up-for-open-access-cancels-agreement-with-elsevier/|url-status=live}}</ref> Sweden has a goal of open access by 2026.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://openaccess.blogg.kb.se/2018/05/16/sweden-stands-up-for-open-access-cancels-agreement-with-elsevier/|title=Sweden stands up for open access – cancels agreement with Elsevier|last=Wentzel|first=Annica|date=16 May 2018|website=openaccess.blogg.kb.se|access-date=6 March 2019|archive-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403073606/https://openaccess.blogg.kb.se/2018/05/16/sweden-stands-up-for-open-access-cancels-agreement-with-elsevier/|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2019 the negotiations concluded, with Sweden paying for reading access to Elsevier journals and open access publishing for all its researchers' articles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kb.se/samverkan-och-utveckling/nytt-fran-kb/nyheter-samverkan-och-utveckling/2019-11-22-%E2%80%8Bnew-transformative-agreement-with-elsevier-enables-unlimited-open-access-to-swedish-research.html|title=New transformative agreement with Elsevier enables unlimited open access to Swedish research|access-date=3 July 2020|publisher=Kungliga Biblioteket|archive-date=3 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703091542/https://www.kb.se/samverkan-och-utveckling/nytt-fran-kb/nyheter-samverkan-och-utveckling/2019-11-22-%E2%80%8Bnew-transformative-agreement-with-elsevier-enables-unlimited-open-access-to-swedish-research.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Taiwan ===
In Taiwan, more than 75% of universities, including the country's top 11 institutions, have joined a collective boycott against Elsevier. On 7 December 2016, the Taiwanese consortium, CONCERT, which represents more than 140 institutions, announced it would not renew its contract with Elsevier.<ref name="nature1" /><ref>{{cite web|title=關於Elsevier資料庫合約談判 CONCERT聲明|url=https://concert.stpi.narl.org.tw/news/249|access-date=27 December 2016|archive-date=27 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227130414/https://concert.stpi.narl.org.tw/news/249|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Taiwan Tech to Discontinue Subscription to Elsevier ScienceDirect Starting 2017 - NTUST Library|url=https://library.ntust.edu.tw/files/14-1025-58346,r1-1.php?Lang=en|access-date=27 December 2016|archive-date=27 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227062141/https://library.ntust.edu.tw/files/14-1025-58346,r1-1.php?Lang=en|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/asia-advances-open-access-research_us_58dd0e6de4b0fa4c09598679|title=Asia Advances Open Access Research|last=Schmitt|first=Jason|date=30 March 2017|website=Huffington Post|access-date=29 April 2017|archive-date=25 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425061726/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/asia-advances-open-access-research_us_58dd0e6de4b0fa4c09598679|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== United States ===
In March 2018, [[Florida State University]]'s faculty elected to cancel its $2 million subscription to a bundle of several journals. Starting in 2019, it will instead buy access to titles'' à la carte''.<ref name="sparc" />

In February 2019, the [[University of California]] said it would terminate subscriptions "in [a] push for open access to publicly funded research".<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-terminates-subscriptions-worlds-largest-scientific-publisher-push-open-access-publicly|title=UC terminates subscriptions with world's largest scientific publisher in push for open access to publicly funded research|date=28 February 2019|website=www.universityofcalifornia.edu|access-date=6 March 2019|archive-date=5 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305182059/https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-terminates-subscriptions-worlds-largest-scientific-publisher-push-open-access-publicly|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://phys.org/news/2019-03-university-california-terminates-subscriptions-elsevier.html|title=University of California terminates subscriptions to Elsevier|last=Yirka|first=Bob|date=4 March 2019|website=phys.org|access-date=6 March 2019|archive-date=6 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044640/https://phys.org/news/2019-03-university-california-terminates-subscriptions-elsevier.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AT 2019-03">{{cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/03/uc-elsevier-publisher/583909/|title=The Real Cost of Knowledge|last=Zhang|first=Sarah|date=4 March 2019|work=[[The Atlantic]]|access-date=6 March 2019|archive-date=6 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043402/https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/03/uc-elsevier-publisher/583909/|url-status=live}}</ref> After months of negotiations over open access to research by UC researchers and prices for subscriptions to Elsevier journals, a press release by the UC Office of the President issued Thursday, 28 February 2019 stated "Under Elsevier's proposed terms, the publisher would have charged UC authors large publishing fees on top of the university's multimillion dollar subscription, resulting in much greater cost to the university and much higher profits for Elsevier."<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/why-uc-split-publishing-giant-elsevier|title=Why UC split with publishing giant Elsevier|last1=Kell|first1=Gretchen|last2=Berkeley|first2=U. C.|date=6 March 2019|website=University of California|access-date=12 June 2019|archive-date=28 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528210826/https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/why-uc-split-publishing-giant-elsevier|url-status=live}}</ref> On 10 July 2019, Elsevier began restricting access to all new paywalled articles and approximately 5% of paywalled articles published before 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statnews.com/2019/07/10/university-of-california-loses-access-to-new-journal-articles-published-by-elsevier-after-research-access-fight|title=University of California loses access to new journal articles published by Elsevier after research access fight|website=statnews.com|access-date=10 July 2019|date=10 July 2019|archive-date=10 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710200028/https://www.statnews.com/2019/07/10/university-of-california-loses-access-to-new-journal-articles-published-by-elsevier-after-research-access-fight/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2020, the [[University of North Carolina]] elected not to renew its bundled Elsevier package, citing a failure "to provide an affordable path".<ref>{{cite web|title=Upcoming Elsevier Cancellations|work=UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries |date=9 April 2020 |url=https://library.unc.edu/2020/04/upcoming-elsevier-cancellations|publisher=University of North Carolina|access-date=9 April 2020|archive-date=10 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410022737/https://library.unc.edu/2020/04/upcoming-elsevier-cancellations/|url-status=live |last1=Panitch |first1=Judy }}</ref> Rather than extend the license, which was stated to cost $2.6 million annually, the university decided to continue subscribing to a smaller set of individual journals. The [[State University of New York]] Libraries Consortium also announced similar outcome,<ref>{{Cite news|publisher=Inside Highered|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/04/13/suny-cancels-big-deal-elsevier|title=SUNY Cancels Big Deal With Elsevier|date=13 April 2020|access-date=16 April 2020|archive-date=21 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921002922/https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/04/13/suny-cancels-big-deal-elsevier|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|publisher=SUNY Libraries Consortium (SLC)|title=State University of New York Steps Away From the "Big Deal" with Elsevier|url=https://slcny.libguides.com/slc/elsevier2020update|date=7 April 2020|access-date=16 April 2020|archive-date=18 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418101851/http://slcny.libguides.com/slc/elsevier2020update|url-status=live}}</ref> with the help of estimates from [[Unpaywall Journals]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=18 April 2020|title=SUNY Negotiates New, Modified Agreement with Elsevier - Libraries News Center University at Buffalo Libraries|url=https://library.buffalo.edu/news/2020/04/07/suny-negotiates-new-modified-agreement-with-elsevier/|website=library.buffalo.edu|archive-date=6 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206111125/https://library.buffalo.edu/news/2020/04/07/suny-negotiates-new-modified-agreement-with-elsevier/|url-status=live}}</ref> Similarly, [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] announced in June 2020 that it would no longer pay for access to new Elsevier articles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.mit.edu/2020/guided-by-open-access-principles-mit-ends-elsevier-negotiations-0611|access-date=11 June 2020|title=MIT, guided by open access principles, ends Elsevier negotiations|date=11 June 2020 |archive-date=22 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922192025/https://news.mit.edu/2020/guided-by-open-access-principles-mit-ends-elsevier-negotiations-0611|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=McKenzie|first1=Lindsay|title=MIT Ends Negotiations with Elsevier|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/06/12/mit-ends-negotiations-elsevier|access-date=12 June 2020|work=Inside Higher Ed|date=12 June 2020|archive-date=12 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612153424/https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/06/12/mit-ends-negotiations-elsevier|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2022 Elsevier and the [[University of Michigan]] established an agreement to support authors who wish to publish open access.<ref>{{Cite web|title=University of Michigan|url=https://www.elsevier.com/open-access/agreements/university-of-michigan|access-date=16 February 2022|website=www.elsevier.com|archive-date=16 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216111934/https://www.elsevier.com/open-access/agreements/university-of-michigan|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Ukraine ===
In June 2020 the Ukrainian government cancelled subscriptions for all universities in the country after failed negotiations. The Ministry of Education claimed that Elsevier indexes journals in its register that call themselves Russian but are from "occupied territories".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mon.gov.ua/ua/news/indeksaciya-naukovih-zhurnaliv-sho-vidayutsya-na-timchasovo-okupovanih-teritoriyah-ukrayini-ye-grubim-porushennyam-zakonodavstva-ukrayini-i-mizhnarodnogo-prava-poziciya-mon|website=mon.gov.ua|title=Індексація наукових журналів, що видаються на тимчасово окупованих територіях україни, є грубим порушенням законодавства України і міжнародного права – позиція МОН|date=22 July 2020|publisher=Ministry of Education of Ukraine|access-date=4 September 2020|archive-date=12 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812212027/https://mon.gov.ua/ua/news/indeksaciya-naukovih-zhurnaliv-sho-vidayutsya-na-timchasovo-okupovanih-teritoriyah-ukrayini-ye-grubim-porushennyam-zakonodavstva-ukrayini-i-mizhnarodnogo-prava-poziciya-mon|url-status=live}}</ref>