If you are having a bad day and need a good laugh, take a look at ScienceDirect access to “Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery”
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10431810 Elsevier, Inc is charging 31.50 (USD) each for access not only to the articles, but the masthead, the listing of the editorial board, table of contents, and even the instructions for authors. Thinking this had to be an oversight, I sent the following query to their support page. I am a member of the World Association of Medical Editors and there is a discussion on their listserv about access to "Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery" via SciencDirect: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10431810 The web site is set up to charge for access to the Masthead, Editorial Board, and amazingly Instructions to Authors. I am assuming this is an error and wanted to bring it to your attention. I would appreciate knowing if this is an error or you really intend to charge potential authors $31.50 to get a copy of the instructions for authors. This is what they wrote back: Hi David, Thank you for contacting Elsevier's e-Helpdesk Support. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. ScienceDirect is an online database for institutions, we do not have a way to give complimentary access to users. However, this doesn't necessarily mean you don't get access via another database. One thing I can suggest would be to contact your "EP Support" team. They support users such as authors, editors, and reviewers. They may have other options for you. I have provided the contact information below. Sorry I wasn't able to help directly. If I can be of any more assistance please let me know. EP Support http://support.elsevier.com/ supp...@elsevier.com 1 888 834 7287 ========== This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to The SPARC Open Access Forum. To post, send your message to <SPARC-OAForum@arl.org>. To unsubscribe, email to <sparc-oaforum-...@arl.org>. To switch to digest mode, email to <sparc-oaforum-dig...@arl.org>. To switch to index mode, email to <sparc-oaforum-in...@arl.org>. Send administrative queries to <sparc-oaforum-requ...@arl.org>.
