petersuber<p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Elsevier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elsevier</span></a> acquired <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/bepress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bepress</span></a> in 2017.<br><a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/elsevier-acquires-bepress-a-leading-service-provider-used-by-academic-institutions-to-showcase-their-research-638101803.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">prnewswire.com/news-releases/e</span><span class="invisible">lsevier-acquires-bepress-a-leading-service-provider-used-by-academic-institutions-to-showcase-their-research-638101803.html</span></a></p><p>That triggered a mini-movement — <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/beprexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beprexit</span></a> — of universities trying to migrate from bepress to other <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/repositories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repositories</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=beprexit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">google.com/search?q=beprexit</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>A new study shows that "the total number of R1 and R2 bepress institutions grew from 76 in 2017 to 90 in 2019, followed by declines to 86 in 2021 and 82 in 2023. From 2017 to 2023, 15 R1 or R2 institutions were observed leaving bepress, and 12 joined." <br><a href="https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article/id/17786/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/a</span><span class="invisible">rticle/id/17786/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GreenOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenOA</span></a></p>