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Andrew Gray (talk | contribs) →History: not sure what these two sentences are trying to say - SSRN has not "died", and I think we'd need to cite Jensen if we want to draw some kind of conclusion about how he viewed these events |
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In May 2016, SSRN was bought from Social Science Electronic Publishing Inc. by [[Elsevier]].<ref name=":0" /> On 17 May 2016, the SSRN founder and chairman [[Michael C. Jensen]] wrote a letter to the SSRN community in which he cited Gordon's post on the [https://www.elsevier.com/connect/ssrn-the-leading-social-science-and-humanities-repository-and-online-community-joins-elsevier Elsevier Connect] and the "new opportunities" coming from the fusion<ref name="SSRN in Elsevier">{{cite web|url=https://www.elsevier.com/connect/ssrn-the-,leading-social-science-and-humanities-repository-and-online-community-joins-elsevier|title=Photo|trans-title=SSRN—the leading social science and humanities repository and online community—joins Elsevier|author= Gregg Gordon|date =May 17, 2016}}</ref>, such as a broader global network and the freedom "to upload and download papers" (with more data, more resources, as well as new management tools). While predicting "some conflicts" on the interests alignment of the former competitors, he defined them as "surmountable".<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en/ssrn-joins-mendeley-elsevier/|title=From The Desk of Michael C. Jensen, Chairman|date=May 17, 2016|via=SSRN|author=Michael C. Jensen}}</ref>
In July 2016 there were reports of papers being removed from SSRN without notice; revision comments from SSRN indicated this was due to copyright concerns.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160718/02211935003/just-as-open-competitor-to-elseviers-ssrn-launches-ssrn-accused-copyright-crackdown.shtml|title=Just As Open Competitor To Elsevier's SSRN Launches, SSRN Accused Of Copyright Crackdown|website=Techdirt|last=Masnick|first=Mike|access-date=6 August 2016}}</ref> SSRN CEO Gregg Gordon characterized the issue as a mistake affecting about 20 papers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/07/19/social-science-research-network-confusion-leads-calls-boycott|title=There Isn't Some Big Conspiracy Happening|website=Inside Higher Ed|last=Straumsheim|first=Carl|access-date=6 August 2016}}</ref
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