Global Dissemination
More access than ever before…
Scientists read around 50% more articles per year than 25 years
ago, and read from almost twice as many journals due to electronic
distribution platforms.
Elsevier led the transition towards wider electronic dissemination
with the launch of our online journal platform ScienceDirect. Launched
in 1997, ScienceDirect is now available to 11 million user worldwide
and has had over 1 billion full-text article downloads.
By delivering world-class information and innovative tools to researchers,
students, educators and practitioners worldwide, we help them become
increasingly more productive in their work.
Almost 20 million
Full-text article downloads in cognitive science between
September 2000 and 2007 |
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Source:
ScienceDirect Usage Reports, 2007
Unsurpassed electronic products
Elsevier has a dedicated usability department which continuously
re-evaluates and benchmarks our electronic products against industry
competitors to ensure they remain the best in class.
ScienceDirect
| Access to over 8 million
articles |
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ScienceDirect is Elsevier's full-text platform which provides access
to over 8 million articles, 80 million abstracts, more than 2,000
Elsevier and third party journals and an expanding books programme.
In addition, free linking to content from hundreds of other STM
publishers via the CrossRefTM initiative.
ScienceDirect offers researchers remote, desktop access; fast search;
interlinked articles and references, and email alerts services.
We are continuously looking at ways of using new technology to
meet the information needs of research communities. Some recent
innovations include:
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4,000 eBooks now online
- on one platform you now search seamlessly across journals,
books and reference works |
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related articles function where
more articles will be recommended based on your searches and
articles your viewing |
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spell checker |
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and advanced support for graphical
abstracts. |
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Scopus
| Covering 15,000 titles from
4,000 different publishers |
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Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed
literature and quality web sources with smart tools to track analyze
and visualize research. Designed and developed in conjunction with
over 600 users and librarians worldwide, Scopus improves research
productivity for users and librarians.
Its unique database contains abstracts and references from over
15,000 titles from 4,000 different publishers and won the International
Information Industry Award for best Scientific, Technical and Medical
(STM) Information Product in December 2005.
Scopus provides access to over 2,850 social science titles (back
to 1996) and indexes all titles currently included in the Thompson
Social Science Citation Index.
Scirus
| Reaching over 1 million researchers
and students worldwide |
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Search represents the driving force behind the web, and Scirus
is one of the most comprehensive science-focused search engines
providing free support to researchers, practitioners and students
worldwide.
In 2006 Scirus received the ‘Best Speciality Search Engine
WebAward’ for the third consecutive year from the Web Marketing
Association (WMA).
Scirus is currently developing ‘Topic pages’, which
provide an informal communication and collaborative platform for
scientific authors. These freely available pages are dedicated to
specific topics and provide introductory information about the subject
with related links both to peer reviewed and non-peer reviewed material.
The pages also offer authors the opportunity to increase their visibility
within a particular field of research.
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