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War: Science publishers are... 100% fascists
  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    The largest databases of scientific articles Scopus and Web of Science announced that they will close access to Russian and Belarusian scientific organizations when their contracts expire. This is stated in the relevant statement.

    This means that legal access to the largest full-text collections of articles published by Elsevier, Springer/Nature, IOP Publishers and others, as well as to Web of Science and Scopus abstract databases, will soon be terminated in Russia and Belarus.

    The document also states that the works of Russian and Belarusian authors will continue to replenish the world databases of scientific articles.

    “Editorial decisions should not depend on the origin of an article, including nationality, ethnicity, political opinion, race or religion,” one of the principles of the Publication Ethics Committee was quoted in a statement.

    According to RAS Vice President Alexei Khokhlov, the ban on the use of global scientific databases is a serious challenge for domestic scientists, since Russia accounts for only 2.5 percent of the world's scientific output. In other words, 97.5 percent of the information will become inaccessible to representatives of the Russian scientific community.

    “On the territory of Russia, legal access to the largest full-text collections of articles by Elsevier, Springer/Nature, IOP Publishers and others, as well as to Web of Science and Scopus abstract databases, will soon be terminated,” Academician Khokhlov wrote in his Telegram channel.

    The Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences also expressed confidence that Russia's adequate response to the challenge of Western scientists would not be long in coming.

    Nice, so they still want to use articles for their economy, but won't provide access to knowledge. Pure fascists tactics.

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  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

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    Publishers condemn invasion of Ukraine by Russia We the undersigned jointly condemn the war in Ukraine and call for a stop to any more senseless loss of life. We are shocked and saddened by the humanitarian crisis.

    We have taken the unprecedented step of suspending sales and marketing of products and services to research organisations in Russia and Belarus. We join other organisations globally that are acting to bring about an end to this aggression and to restore peace.

    As individual organisations, we are working to aid affected colleagues and contractors, while contributing to broader relief efforts that are providing safety and support for those in peril including Ukrainian researchers.

    We remain committed to the ideals of science and scholarship as a global community. Our actions are not targeted at Russian researchers, but rather at research organisations in Russia and Belarus. This is why we continue to publish and distribute manuscripts from authors in these countries in the independent way set out in the COPE guidelines for research which states: "Editorial decisions should not be affected by the origins of the manuscript, including the nationality, ethnicity, political beliefs, race, or religion of the authors."

    Given the rapidly changing situation we will continue to evaluate our positions on an ongoing basis.

    • ACS Publications
    • Apple Academic Press
    • Brill
    • Cambridge University Press & Assessment
    • De Gruyter
    • Elsevier
    • Emerald Publishing
    • Future Science Group
    • IOP Publishing
    • Karger Publishers
    • Springer Nature
    • The Geological Society
    • The Institution of Engineering and Technology
    • Thieme Group
    • Wolters Kluwer
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