Published at October 25th, 2025 Last updated 9 days ago

Pure Accessibility

Pure is committed to delivering an accessible product. We conduct annual reviews to evaluate our Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) compatibility. This is part of the overall Elsevier policy on accessibility.

 

Overview

Below you can see a quick summary of the latest audit results. 

Latest audit dates:

  • Pure Portal - August 2024
  • Pure - October 2024

Next audit due:

  • Pure Portal - August 2025
  • Pure - October 2025

 

Pure Portal - August 2024: COMPLIANT.

WCAG 2.2 Supports Supports with exceptions Does not support
A (32 total) 27 5 0
AA (24 total) 16 8 0
Total 43 13 0

 

Pure - October 2024: not yet fully compliant, but we are working to make it compliant.

WCAG 2.2 Supports Supports with exceptions Does not support
A (32 total) 18 12 2
AA (24 total) 10 13 1
Total 28 25 3

Steps we are taking to bring Pure closer to compliance:

  • Identified key improvement areas
  • Reviewed the options for introducing changes
  • Are in the process of rebuilding the interface, making it WCAG-compliant
    • Please note that this is a long-term effort and we are approaching it in segments. We aim for all the newly built parts of the interface to be compliant with the WCAG 2.2 guidelines.

See the sections below for detailed overview of accessibility per subject section.

 

In detail: Pure Portal

Pure portal wcag 2.2. compliance progress bar

 

 

In detail: Pure

Pure wcag 2.2 AA compliance progress bar october 2024

 

 

Regional Formats

You can also find the UK standard Accessibility statements separately:

Pure Accessibility Statement (UK)

Pure Portal Accessibility Statement (UK)