Thanks to Phil Davis for posting this leak about the possibility of an Elsevier/Springer/Wiley-Blackwell mega-merger.

Advice to OA Advocates: Pay no attention. The merger is of no interest or consequence for OA, which, as always, depends on one thing and one thing only: Mandating Green OA self-archiving on the part of all universities and research funders.

Don't let this take your eye off the ball!

Stevan Harnad