Position statements

Elsevier is actively involved in discussing the key issues on a range of important issues related to scholarly publishing including open access, open data and open science. We are committed to making our written submissions and statements open and transparent for everyone to read.

Open access

• Publisher statement on the Rights Retention Strategy  opens in new tab/window

• Elsevier summary response to UKRI Open Access Review Consultation opens in new tab/window

• Elsevier response to UKRI Open Access Review Consultation opens in new tab/window

• Elsevier response to OSTP Request for Information on Public Access opens in new tab/window

• Elsevier response to the Swedish Research Council's draft national guidelines opens in new tab/window

• Response to Independent Review of RCUK policy opens in new tab/window

• Elsevier response to the draft open access policy - DBT/DST opens in new tab/window

• Consultation on the Tri-Agency Open Access Policy opens in new tab/window

• Consultation on the Post-2014 Research Excellence Framework opens in new tab/window

• Elsevier response to HEFCE Open Access Policy opens in new tab/window

• Response to STC Inquiry on Peer Review opens in new tab/window

• OSTP Data Response opens in new tab/window

• OSTP Publications Response opens in new tab/window

• Reed Elsevier submission to House of Lords Science and Technology Committee inquiry on OA policy implementation opens in new tab/window

• Reed Elsevier submission to House of Commons BIS Select Committee inquiry on Government Open Access policy opens in new tab/window

• Elsevier response to the Finch Report opens in new tab/window

Research data and metrics

• Elsevier endorses the Sorbonne declaration on research data rights opens in new tab/window

• Elsevier endorses the European Open Science Cloud Declaration opens in new tab/window

• Elsevier response to Concordat on Open Research Data opens in new tab/window

• NIH Request for Information (RFI): Metrics to Assess Value of Biomedical Digital Repositories opens in new tab/window

• NIH Request for Information (RFI): Input on Sustaining Biomedical Data Repositories opens in new tab/window

• NIH Request for Information (RFI): Input on National Cancer Institute Metadata Repository and Services opens in new tab/window

• Elsevier’s Response to Request for Information: Input on NIAID Data Sharing Repository, Immunology Database and Analysis Portal (ImmPort), and Services Part 1 opens in new tab/window and Part 2 opens in new tab/window

• Elsevier endorses the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment opens in new tab/window

Other statements

• Open letter in response to the request for Elsevier to withdraw its Text and Data Mining policy opens in new tab/window

• Request for Information (RFI): Soliciting Input for the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Strategic Planning Process opens in new tab/window

• Support for Library funding

  • Letter to the Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services, and Education, House Appropriations Committee opens in new tab/window

  • Letter to the Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services, and Education, Senate Appropriations Committee opens in new tab/window