<div dir="ltr">But that's meaningless. If the paper is being published under an open access license, even if somehow that journal is being transferred, then Elsevier should still be publishing it under open access terms. And, considering that the document was just published recently, you'd think that the author on the paper would know something about this. Once again, it looks like Elsevier is just giving open access a giant middle finger.<div><br><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150307/17154930246/elsevier-appears-to-be-slurping-up-open-access-research-charging-people-to-access-it.shtml">https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150307/17154930246/elsevier-appears-to-be-slurping-up-open-access-research-charging-people-to-access-it.shtml</a></div></div>