Organization
Elsevier
Elsevier is a commercial scientific publisher that also provides software for universities, such as the Scopus index and the Pure research system.
How it connects
Who is behind it
- Elsevier owned by RELX. Elsevier is a division of RELX.
- Scopus operated by Elsevier.
- Digital Commons owned by Elsevier. Acquired by Elsevier in 2017 through bepress. It is a wholly owned business unit.
- Interfolio owned by Elsevier.
- Pure owned by Elsevier.
- Scopus owned by Elsevier. Owned by Elsevier (RELX group).
Connects to
- Elsevier is a member of RDA. Listed as an organisational member of RDA.
Shapes
- DORA endorsed by Elsevier. Signed in December 2020, after years of pressure from the community.
Links
Details
Description
Elsevier is an example of vertical integration: it owns the index (Scopus), the CRIS (Pure) and the repository platforms (Interfolio, Digital Commons) that many institutions use to record and assess their own research.
Attributes
| url | https://www.elsevier.com/ |
|---|---|
| identifiers | ror: 013fhv752, wikidata: Q746413 |
| status | active |
| governance | Commercial |
| outputLicence | closed |
| codebase | proprietary |
| type | Organization |
| orgKind | company |
| country | NL |
| Tags | theme: vertical integration, region: Europe |
Sources
- https://www.elsevier.com/(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-09-04)
- https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2022/04/25/elsevier-acquire-interfolio/(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-09-04): Confirms the 2022 Interfolio acquisition, in addition to 2017 bepress/Digital Commons.
Last reviewed: 2026-09-04
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