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Elsevier reviews its journal models.

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Byline: Mark Chillingworth

Elsevier is assessing new pricing models which could see archive databases attached to journal subscriptions. The scientific publishing giant is collaborating with major libraries and believes there is demand for a return to title by title subscriptions with the added benefit of access to comprehensive databases.

Elsevier senior VP Karen Hunter said that even in the electronic age, the journal remained as strong as ever. "I don't see the end of the individual journal," she said, adding that Elsevier had seen a return to demand for title by title subscriptions in place of all-you-can-eat deals.

Hunter said the development of workflow technologies showed that journals were for reading by humans, not machines. "Researchers continue to appreciate where a journal fits into the world of science," she said.

Hunter revealed that archive databases could be attached to journal subscriptions as part of a new pricing structure. "Databases need to ...

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