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Elsevier has a long heritage of publishing renowned
works by leading authors and prize winners
Long Heritage of Publishing
Leading Books
Galileo published his “Discorsi e dimostrazioni
matematiche, intoro a due nuoue scienze” — his last work
— with Elzevir despite being banned by the Inquisition and
is recognized as the first important work of modern physics
The Publishing House of
Elzevir was first established in
1580 by Lowys Elzevir
Jacobus George Robbers
established the modern
Elsevier Company in 1880
The publication of the book, edited by Sir Alexander
Fleming, about a revolutionary new antibiotic, “Penicillin:
Its Practical Application” in 1946`
The publication of “Gray’s Anatomy” in 1858 was a
landmark for the study of the human anatomy and in many
ways for the whole of medicine
Nobel Prize winners published with Elsevier
Niels
Bohr
Physics
Louis
Pasteur
(Chemistry)
Alexander
Fleming
Medicine
Albert
Einstein
Physics
George F.
Smoot
Physics
John C.
Mather
Physics
Roger D.
Kornberg
Chemistry
Craig C
Mello
Medicine
Elsevier has a global reach, working with leading institutions and
researchers to meet their different content needs
Global partner…
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employees working at 77
offices in 24 countries…
…serving over 30 million
scientists, students, health and
information professionals
…to leading institutions
Elsevier understands and meets the content
needs of leading academic, government and
commercial institutions
Elsevier articles are the most used and most cited resources driving
leading research
Elsevier’s journals are the world’s
largest resource…
Share of Articles
Share of Citations
Contribution to Research
Impact on Research
(Number of citations)
Elsevier
Others
Elsevier
Others
Wiley Blackwell
Wiley Blackwell
University press
Springer
University press
Learned Societies
Springer
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Learned Societies
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Breadth & Depth
(Number of articles)
… and are the most used and cited
by the scientific community
Content on ScienceDirect today
~4,000 by 2008
~4.7 million articles
•eBooks
•Handbooks
7 series
•Reference Works
51 titles
•Book Series
163 titles
•1995 - present
2000 journals
~4 million articles
•Backfiles pre 1995
All journals are available on ScienceDirect from volume 1, issue 1
The Lancet – vol 1, no. 1 - 1823.
Number of articles published by
Iranian institutions since 1993
Source: Scopus
7,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
31.4% of articles published by Iranian institutions are
published in Elsevier journals.
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Over 2000 Journals
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Urban & Fisher journals (37 titles in
agricultural, biology, biochemistry, medicine
and Science and Technology).
Masson journals (120 titles in health science)
China Collection (20 titles in 2006 rising to
70 by 2009)
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between other content types
ScienceDirect Content – Online
Books
Book Series
Reference Works/
Encyclopedia
Handbooks (NEW)
7 packages
163 titles
51 Titles
7 series
164 volumes
Elsevier Book Series
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New volumes published regularly.
Focus on ‘Advances in’ or ‘Progress in’ etc.
Series ISSN, volume ISBNs.
Peer-reviewed, often highly cited.
163 Series now available in 7 packages:
- Business, Management & Economics
- Chemistry
- Life Sciences
- Methods in Enzymology
- Methods in Enzymology Backfiles from 1955
- Psychology
- Social Sciences
Best selling Book Series
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Life Sciences
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Chemistry
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Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry
Advances in Quantum Chemistry
Social Sciences
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International Review of Cytology
Progress in Brain Research
Advances in Cancer Research
Studies in Law, Politics and Society
Psychology of Learning & Motivation
Research in the Sociology of Work
Methods in Enzymology
Elsevier Reference Works
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51 now available on Science Direct.
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Subscription option and upfront Payment
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Available individually, no minimum purchase.
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Multi-title discount.
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Best selling Reference Works
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International Encyclopedia of Social & Behavioural
Sciences
Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology
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Treatise on Geochemistry
Encyclopedia of Energy
Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences
Encyclopedia of Genetics
Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry II
Comprehensive Clinical Psychology
Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry
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Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition
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Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics - launched
Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine
Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics
Encyclopedia of Gerontology
Encyclopedia of Stress
Comprehensive Medicinal Chemistry II
Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry III
Encyclopedia of Archeology
Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science
Evolution of the Nervous Systems
Updates:
– Encyclopedia of Material Science and Technology
– Comprehensive srtuctural intergity
– Treatise on Geochemistry
Elsevier Handbooks series
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Launched 7 series in Chemistry, Mathematics,
Physics and Economics in 2005.
Chapters by commissioning & invitation only.
Validated, refereed and edited by authoritative
editors
Highly cited.
Usually long life cycle – up to 15 years.
Subscription option and upfront
Payment option.
Best selling Handbook series
Elsevier Economics handbook (56
volumes):
"… No one can keep up with the literature,
so we have come to recognize these
volumes as immensely valuable. They
are on almost everyone's shelves….
The Handbook has become the first
reference for anyone who wants to learn
[of game theoretic results] outside their
own area.”
Handbooks of Neurology
Available Books on ScienceDirect
Books on
ScienceDirect
Handbooks
• Are part of an
ongoing series.
• 7 series available
• Volume one to
current issue
• Commissioning
and invitation only
•15 year life cycle
Book Series
• Regularly updated
as research work is
cutting edge.
• Subject packages
available: Chemistry,
Life Science,
Business/Econ,
Social Sciences,
Psychology
• Other individual
titles available
including Methods in
Enzymology
Reference Works
• A compendium of
definitive summaries,
references and
glossaries that act as
an introduction to a
subject area
• E.g.
Encyclopaedias or
Comprehensive
Reference Works
eBooks
(new for 2007!)
• Nearly all of
Elsevier’s academic
book titles are
included like:
Academic and
professional
reference books,
Text reference
books, Closed
Handbook Series,
Closed Book
Series and
Monographs
Wide range of subject areas – Large number of titles
Covering 18 subject areas and over 4100 titles
Subject Area
Subject Area
# of Books
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
~201
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular
Biology
~265
Chemical Engineering
~348
Chemistry
~304
Computer Science
~585
Earth and Planetary Sciences
~247
Energy
~38
Engineering
~931
Environmental Science
~113
# of Books
Immunology and Microbiology
~114
Material Sciences
~186
Mathematics
~205
Medicine and Dentistry
~80
Neuroscience
~120
Pharmacology, Toxicology and
Pharmaceutical Science
~74
Physics and Astronomy
~112
Psychology
~193
Veterinary Science and Veterinary
Medicine
~19
Elsevier offers better eBooks with leading imprints and authors
eBooks: Renowned Imprints…
Academic Press
Butterworth-Heinemann
(business, technology)
Syngress and Digital Press
(computing)
by superior authors
No. of documents published per author
Elsevier authors
Publish
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122
85
Elsevier eBooks
Major Publisher
Elsevier Science
Gulf Professional
Publishing (petroleum /
petrochemical processing)
Morgan Kaufmann
(computer science)
No. of citations per author
Elsevier authors are
1,804
Cited
More
Newnes (electrical /
electronic
engineering)
North-Holland
(mathematics)
Pergamon
1,052
Elsevier eBooks
Major Publisher
Average author H-index
Elsevier authors have
Higher
H-index
16.3
Elsevier eBooks
14.1
Major Publisher
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Post-termination rights:
Continued access and or tapes, like journals
Purchase Options
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eBook Complete Backlist Collection and / or Frontlist
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Backlist Collection (1995-2006)
Frontlist Collection (2007, 2008)
eBook Subject Collections (18 of the 24 existing SD subject classifications)
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Frontlist Collection (2007, 2008) i.e. ‘Chemistry’ Frontlist Collection
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ScienceDirect Content - Journals
Decision Sciences
2%
Number of titles on ScienceDirect by subject
Energy
2%
Business, Management and Ac ing
3%
Economics, Econometrics and
Finance
3%
Chemical Engineering
3%
Environmental Science
3%
Health Sciences
21%
Mathematics
3%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and
Pharmaceutical Science
3%
Immunology and Microbiology
3%
Biochemistry, Genetics and
Molecular Biology
9%
Earth and Planetary Sciences
4%
Psychology
4%
Engineering
7%
Chemistry
4%
Physics and Astronomy
4%
Social Sciences
6%
Agricultural and Biological
Sciences
6%
Computer Science
5%
Neuroscience
4%
Materials Science
4%
Overall ScienceDirect Usage
Usage of full text articles
270 M
300,000,000
250,000,000
150,000,000
10 million regular
users
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140 M
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36 full-text
downloaded every
second of a regular
working day.
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Number of full text requests in 2004 and
2005 in Iran
Country
Iran ranks:
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countries
-2nd in terms
of growth.
2004
2005
Growth
United States
50,111,794
60,273,179
20.28%
United Kingdom
20,279,407
23,517,939
15.97%
Japan
14,201,604
17,430,569
22.74%
France
10,924,202
13,093,677
19.86%
Korea
10,684,737
11,925,236
11.61%
China
7,002,806
10,311,831
47.25%
Canada
7,681,628
10,050,000
30.83%
Australia
6,450,372
8,759,772
35.80%
Brazil
6,167,921
7,189,753
16.57%
India
5,051,404
6,252,155
23.77%
Thailand
5,074,958
5,983,244
17.90%
Spain
4,831,117
5,944,522
23.05%
Germany
5,251,080
5,937,531
13.07%
Netherlands
5,059,889
5,794,977
14.53%
Turkey
4,600,931
5,291,038
15.00%
Islamic Republic of Iran
2,825,683
4,519,995
59.96%
Taiwan
2,401,451
4,274,579
78.00%
Sweden
3,048,550
3,520,235
15.47%
Switzerland
3,036,470
3,380,152
11.32%
Most common user sessions - where do
users start to find articles?
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browsing /
searching
From ScienceDirect
Homepage; then:
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- Journal list/journal issue
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browsing
18%
35%
32%
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external
linking
ScienceDirect article
(via external link)
From Journal homepage
(mainly via library
website); then:
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Letters
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50%
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6 clicks
3 clicks
50%
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5 clicks
2 clicks
60%
Re-run a search
4 clicks
1 click
75%
Accessing alerts page
3 clicks
1 click
67%
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