As a reviewer for Journal E, I am entitled to 30 days free access to Scopus/Science Direct. In 2015 I reviewed 3 papers and was not able to get access. At the same time I was trying to write a review paper for Journal E. I was so angry I did not care which foreign-based computer expert got fired and the excuse that I had two accounts - author and reviewer blocking my access was a poor one. I am still owed 90 days access - but there has been conspicuous silence about it.
Initially Science Direct was the default and I once successfully asked for Scopus to be excluded. Now Scopus seems to be the default search engine.
This month, while reviewing another paper I have been more determined than ever to use my access in advance in case it disappears after I submit my review. I have used it for this blog for the past week. Today I have already been thrown off once and the search engine has tried to throw me off a few times more by saying my session has expired.
Even though the full text button was highlighted for some papers I tried to download, they were all excluded. When I went to the publishers site all of the papers in the themed issue were open access and should not have been excluded.
Late last year I happened to see the TV when my host was listening to the horoscopes. My horoscope said that I had a hidden enemy. I immediately thought of Journal E, some of its reviewers, and Scopus.
