Partnerships in Hungary:
Elsevier Welcomes Book Authors
Presented by: Christine Minihane
Title:
Publisher, Biomedical Research
Nov 19, Budapest
Date:
MTA Könyvtár és Információs Központ
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Agenda
• State of Scientific Research
• Drivers and Motivations to publish
• Why Elsevier?
• Global distribution
• Innovation
• Quality
• Editorial Commitment
• The Publishing Process
• Publishing options
• Discussion/ Questions
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Drivers
• Journal Activity
• Research Trends
• Innovation Investment
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MARKET
Motivations to publish books
• BOOK AUTHORS/
EDITORS ARE
RECOGNIZED AS
LEADERS IN THE FIELD
AND ACKNOWLEDGED
EXPERTS ON A TOPIC
• FILL A GAP IN THE
LITERATURE – DEFINING
THE FIELD
• PROVIDE A VOICE FOR
AN UNDERREPRESENTED MARKET
• PROVIDE MATERIALS
FOR TEACHING
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MARKET
NEED
PRESTIGE
EDUCATE
INTEREST
AND
PASSION
• EXPAND PUBLISHING
PORTFOLIO ACROSS
MULTI PORTFOLIOS AND
PLATFORMS – REACH
THE MASSES
Why publish with Elsevier?
Global distribution
 Innovation
 Quality
 Editorial commitment

NON SOLUS
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Global Distribution: Who we serve
Researchers
Health
Practitioners
Food Science
Finance
Computer Science
Economics
Biomedical Research
Physics
Engineering
Faculty &
Students
Chemical Engineering
Pharma
Companies
Neuroscience
Computer Security
Librarians
Societies
Engineers
Professionals
General Public
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Materials Science
Security & Forensics
Geoscience
Energy & Renewables
Biological Sciences
Oil & Gas
Chemistry
Math
Global Distribution: Information Philanthropy
Publishers provide free or low cost access to thousands of
peer-reviewed journals to public institutions in
over 100 developing countries
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Innovation
Reference Modules
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Quality
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Editorial Commitment to Excellence
Contracting
Publication
Editorial
Production
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Manuscript
The process
1.
PROPOSAL
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2.
DEVELOPMENT
3.
PRODUCTION
4.
PUBLISHED
PRODUCT
Types of content
18 Month Publication Cycle
Multi-volume/
Major
reference
Contributed
volume
Authored
work
Short
format/ eonly
10 Week Publication Cycle
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Prequalifying proposals
• Ensure the author holds a graduate-level degree; scientific authors should hold a
doctorate (PhD or MD equivalent)
• Verify that the author is established and respected in their field
• Ensure the author can clearly define the audience for the work by asking for
related courses or courses of study and/or related titles.
• Ask the author to identify how their book will satisfy a market need that no other
available book/website satisfies.
• Ask the author to identify at least one related Elsevier title.
• Confirm that the audience for the work is scientific/ technical. Books for a general
audience with no scientific or technical education are not well-placed with Elsevier.
• Ask that the author provide the names of 3-5 potential reviewers of the work who
are not affiliated with the same institution
• Define the scope of the work – number of pages, need for color, need for a
companion site, related material that many be incorporated to improve the
package.
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NEXT STEPS?
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Thank you!
Christine Minihane
Publisher, Biomedical Research
c.minihane@elsevier.com
Endre Béky
Regional Director for CE Europe
e.beky@elsevier.com
For additional information about
becoming an Elsevier author
http://www.elsevier.com/bookauthors/home
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