Elsevier, founded in 1880, is a renowned scientific publisher headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It offers a diverse range of journals, including esteemed journals like The Lancet, Cell, the electronic journal collection ScienceDirect, the citation database Scopus, and ClinicalKey. As a prominent publisher, Elsevier has a significant role in disseminating scientific knowledge and facilitating academic research worldwide.
Elsevier publishes its journal articles under two main business models:
Subscription
Open-access
Open access vs. Subscription
Open-access journals
Open-access journals are scholarly journals that offer unlimited, free access to their content online. They allow readers to read, download, copy, distribute, and reuse the published articles. Open-access journals seek to remove obstacles to obtaining scientific knowledge and promote the widespread dissemination of findings from studies. In open-access journals, it is common for authors to maintain the copyright ownership of their work. The expenses associated with publishing, such as article processing charges (APCs), are typically paid by the authors or their affiliated institutions. This funding model allows the published articles to be freely accessible to readers without subscription fees, ensuring widespread dissemination of research findings.
Subscription journals
On the other hand, it requires a payment subscription fee to access the journal's content. Subscription journals typically have restricted access, and readers must either be subscribers or have access credentials to read the articles. Subscription fees cover the costs associated with the production, distribution, and maintenance. In subscription journals, authors typically transfer their copyright to the journal publisher, and access to the articles is limited to those who have paid for the subscription.
Publication cost
Elsevier utilizes distinct approaches to determine the publication costs for each model. The expenses associated with subscription articles are calculated separately from those of open-access articles, and the costs of open-access articles are not taken into consideration when determining the subscription fees. It ensures that the pricing structure remains separate and transparent for each publication model employed by Elsevier. The cost of publishing an article in Elsevier journals depends on whether the journal is open-access or closed-access. In open-access journals, the author should pay the publication fee. Once they pay that, the article becomes freely available on ScienceDirect. The publication fees vary across different journals, ranging from $150 to $9,900.
The acceptance and publication process in Elsevier journals involves several stages. Upon submission, the articles undergo a thorough evaluation based on the following aspects:
Plagiarism: They check the content for any instances of literary theft.
Alignment with the journal's focus: They assess the relevance of the article's title to the journal's goals and scope. You need to understand the aims and scope of your target journal before submission.
Specialized translation: If necessary, the article may undergo technical translation.
Once the journal has approved these factors, it will consider the article's credibility, importance, and originality. The reviewers determine whether the article should be accepted, sent back to the author for revisions, or rejected. In most cases, Elsevier journals respond within a week if they decide not to publish the article. The initial review process can take anywhere from two weeks to three months or longer. If accepted, the article undergoes the publication process, which can vary from four to six months or longer, depending on the journal.
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