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Follow-up: Elsevier and the arms business

Posted on 2 June 2007 by Rick Mason

A couple of months ago I wrote a post about the publishing company Reed Elsevier and their involvement in the world arms trade. Editors and writers from several of their journals, including The Lancet, were arguing that it was unethical … Continue reading →

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Elsevier and the arms business

Posted on 25 March 2007 by Rick Mason

Reed Elsevier, the European publishing corporation behind over 15,000 journals, is being challenged by one of them, The Lancet, in regards to its commercial involvement in the arms trade. This connects to libraries in several ways: subscriptions to many print … Continue reading →

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