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Article value, quality and innovation Philippe Terheggen, Elsevier
Article value, quality and innovation
Philippe Terheggen, Elsevier
The E-journal revolution
� Introduction
� Article access and value of information
� Article quality and peer review
� The article of the future
� Mapping out the research landscape
WHAT PUBLISHERS DOWHEN ELSEVIER STARTEDTHE PUBLICATION CYCLE
Introduction
Core tasks of publishing houses
• Registration of new findings
•Quality assurance through peer review
•Global dissemination
• Archiving in perpetuity
Share of Journal Articles Published
~1.2 million English language research articles published globally
Our Scientific Disciplines
220,000+ English language research articles published with Elsevier S&T Journals
Life sciences
Materials Science & Engineering
Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
Physics
Maths & computer science
Social Sciences
Earth Sciences
Environmental Sciences
Elsevier
Springer
Wiley-Blackwell
ACSTaylor & Francis
Wolters KluwerAIP
IEEE
APS
Others
26%
Article Share
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Solicit and manage
submissions
Manage peer review
Production
Publish and disseminate
Edit and prepare
Archive and promote
• 5,000 new editors per year• 500 new journals launched per
year• 3 Million+ article submissions per year
• 2.5 million+ referees• 3.75 million+ referee reports
per year• 50%+ of submissions rejected
• 125,000 editors• 350,000 editorial board
members• 30 million+ author/publisher
communications per year
• 1.5 million new articles produced per year• 180 years of back issues scanned, processed and data-
tagged
• 12 million researchers• 4,500+ institutions• 180+ countries• 1 billion+ downloads/year• 10 million+ printed
pages/year
• 40 million articles available digitally, back to early 1800s
What do journal publishers do?
• Organise editorial boards• Launch new specialist journals
Note: industry estimates based on known numbers for a subset of the industry that are then scaled to 100% based on the article share of the known subset.
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Solicit and manage
submissions
Manage peer review
Production
Publish and disseminate
Edit and prepare
Archive and promote
• Organize editorial boards• Launch new specialist
journals Author Submission & Editorial Systems
>£70 million
eJournal BackfileseReference Works
>£150 million
Production Tracking Systems>£50 million
Electronic Platforms, e.g.
ScienceDirectWiley InterScience
HighwireScopus
>£1500 million
Publishers have invested heavily to digitise since 2000
Electronic Warehousing>£60 million
• The STM industry has invested an estimated £2+ bill ion since 2000.
Figures in current (2009) UK pounds using gdp deflators
Other support and related systems>£300 million
Elsevier has a long history of scientific publishing
• The Publishing House of Elzevir was first established in 1580 by Lowys (Louis) Elzevir at the University of Leiden, Holland
� Among those authors who published with Elsevier are, Galileo, Erasmus, Descartes, Alexander Fleming, Julius Verne
� Keeping to the tradition of publishing established by Lowys Elzevir, Jacobus George Robbers established the modern Elsevier Company in 1880
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In 1638 Elzevir published Galileo Galilei’s greatest work
• 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 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
� The publication of the book, edited by Sir Alexander Fleming, about a revolutionary new antibiotic, “Penicillin: Its Practical Application” in 1946
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Some of our brands
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Core tasks of publishing houses
• Registration of new findings
•Quality assurance through peer review
•Global dissemination
• Archiving in perpetuity
INFORMATION ACCESS
ACCESS AND COSTS
INFORMATION AND VALUE RETURNED
Article access and value of information
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Why do journal publishers exist?
• First peer reviewed journal founded in 1665 by Royal Society. Journal publishing has evolved dramatically since, but its core functions remain:
− Registration of new research findings− Quality assurance through peer-review− Dissemination globally− Archiving in perpetuity
Sources: NOP/Elsevier surveys 2005 and 2010
Researchers: which publishing objectives are most i mportant to you?
Publishers exist to provide highly valued services to researchers
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STM publishing is driven by R&D outputs
• 3-4% annual growth in R&D funding annually drives…• 3-4% annual growth in number of R&D workers drives…• 3-4% growth in number of articles and journals published• From 2004-2008, number of articles published by 113 UK universities increased by 5% per
year
Growth in number of peer reviewed journals 1665 -2010
Source: Ulrich’s, UNESCO, ThomsonReuters, SCONUL data [Charts updated from: Mabe & Amin( 1991) Scientometrics, 51, 147-162; and Mabe (2003), Serials, 16, 191-197]
CAGR= 3.54%
R² = 0.9868
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Publishers evolved pricing models to expand electronic access
Print-only(pre 1999)
• Core collections of institutional print journal subscriptions
• Annual price increases driven by−3-4% annual growth in articles, higher in expanding subject fields−3-4% annual inflation
P+E andE-only(post 1999)
• “Core” collection plus fee for Electronic access to subscribed titles
• Annual price increases driven by−3-4% annual growth in articles, higher in expanding subject fields−3-4% annual inflation−20%+ annual usage growth
• Major volume discounts to access previously unsubscribed-to titles
• Additional discounts for E-only
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Benefits
For researchers • Remote, desktop access• Fast search• Interlinked articles• eFunctions, eg eMail
alerts• Links to datasets
For librarians• Easier collection
management• Usage data per journal• Reduced storage space • Staff efficiencies
As a result, most customers now access journals electronically
Source: “E-journals, their use, value and impact”, 2009 RIN/Ciber
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UK university researchers are highly satisfied with access to journals
M arket research repo rts
P at ient deta ils
P atent info rmat io n
Origina l research art ic les in jo urna ls
R ev iew papers in jo urna ls
C o nference pro ceedings
Vendo r white papers
T echnica l repo rts f ro m go v' t
D o cto ra l theses/ disserta t io ns
Legisla t ive / R egulato ry info
Scient if ic / tech s tds
P ro fessio na l/ T rade pubs
T echnica l info
R eference wo rksC linica l guide lines C M E/ Educat io na l co ntent
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Average importance to success of organisation
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Globally researchers are highly satisfied with access to journals
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n=2989
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n=2565
n=1868
n=2273
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Western Europe94%
Eastern Europe84%
Middle East85% APAC
91%
Africa 78%
Latin America 88%
North America 97%
Access to
research articles
by region
PRELIMINARY STUDIES – NOT YET
RELEASED
Source: PRC global study (forthcoming)
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UK universities access more titles and pay less per title accessed than in 2004
8,391 9,0229,601
10,61511,058
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Source: Based on SCONUL data (Ciber analysis of 113 UK Universities)
+7% per year
Number of journals accessedAverage journals per institute
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
100
94
9190 89
-3% per year
Amount paid per journal accessedIn constant 07/08 currencies (I2004=100)
UK universities now access 32% more journals than i n 2004, and pay 11% less per journal accessed
What UK universities get What UK universities pay
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As usage has exploded, effective price paid per article downloaded has fallen
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Source: Based on SCONUL data (Ciber analysis of 113 UK Universities)
+27% CAGR
Full text article downloadsAverage per institute
Effective price paid / article downloadedGBP (in constant 07/08 currencies )
UK universities downloaded > 120 M articles in 2008 , 160% more than in 2004. The effective mean price paid per article downloade d in 2008 was 70 pence
What UK universities get What UK universities pay
-12 % CAGR
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
1.19
0.91 0.83 0.77 0.70432,693
632,758772,600
930,415
1,134,165
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UCL study shows e-journal usage drives researcher productivity
• “Doubling in downloads, from 1 to 2 million, is statistically associated with dramatic - but not necessarily causal -increases in research productivity”
• Papers up 207%
• PhD awards up 168%
• Research grants and contract income up 324%
• Even stronger as downloads increase further
Source: “E-journals, their use, value and impact”, 2009 RIN/Ciber
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As a result, UK university researchers‘punch well above their weight’
Source: Royal Society, “the Scientific Century” 2010
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Publishers are evolving licensing models to extendaccess to non-university constituents further
Corporations, SMEs Hospitals and medical schools
Research institutes Individuals
Customised access and pricing mechanisms• Corporate editions• Article choice• Pay per view• Sponsored articles
Customised access and pricing mechanisms• Medical collections• Article choice• Pay per view• Sponsored articles
Customised access and pricing mechanisms• Article choice• Sponsored articles
Customised access and pricing mechanisms• Basic functionality pay per view, e.g. Patient
Research, Deep Dyve• Article sponsorship
• PatientINFORM provides patients with access to summaries of journal articles and links to full-text: 19 different publishers and STM and PSP organisations with annual cost of $110k.
• PatientResearch provides patients and carers access to articles in 100+ medicaljournals for a minimal processing fee.
• Research4Life provides developing countries with free / low cost access to peer-reviewed content to over 8,100 scientific journals, books, and databases.
• Across three programmes, over 350 publishers provide free / low cost access to over 3,000 institutions across 108 countries
• Publishers engage with visually impaired and disabled users to make accessibility enhancements to products and websites
• AccessText Network, supplies resources to support the use of textbooks and this is supported by publishers including Elsevier, Wiley-Blackwell, McGraw-Hill Education and Pearson Education.
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Information philanthropy is further broadening access globally
Publishers are continuing to invest: 3. Anti-Plagiarism and Ethics Enforcement
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• Cross-publisher initiative with CrossRef to detect instances of plagiarism in scientific articles
• Annual investment from publishers of membership and article processing fees
• Provides online forum for publishers or journal editors to discuss issues regarding scientific and peer review integrity
• Publishers have introduced the Rightslink reprints and permission system to enable authors to have permissions for content use to be enabled online and receive instant permissions.
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Key issue: university library funding outpaced by R&D outputs
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University Library
2.3%
Staff 50%
Journals 19%
Books 9%
Other O/H 14%
Instruction 29%
Research &Overhead 68%
Average University & Library spend
• Libraries in 2008 received only 2.7% (net 2.4%) of UK universities’ budgets, down from 3% in 2004 Library funding is outstripped by R&D funding and outputs, and by total university expenditures
Other info 8%
Library 2.7%
Source: SCONUL
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Summary - access and value of information
• Journal publishers provide an essential and much valued service to researchers
• Growth in STM publishing is driven by R&D outputs, which increase by 3% annually
• Library funding is outpaced by the growth in R&D outputs
• Journal publishers have invested more than £2bn in digital technologies in the 21st century, delivering massive benefits for:
◦ Access – for university and non-university researchers
◦ Quality of content
◦ Productivity of researchers
◦ Unit prices for article downloads
• Publishers are facilitating alternative access models
• Publishing is a key enabler of leadership positions in R&D
ARTICLE QUALITY AND JOURNAL REPUTATION HOW WE FUND AND ASSIST PEER REVIEW PROCESSHOW WE INNOVATE PEER REVIEW WITH OUR CUSTOMERSSOME OF OUR PEER REVIEW PILOTSHOW WE STIMULATE PUBLICATION ETHICS
Article quality, peer review
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
GeologyEngineering
Tetrahedron JournalsOrganic & Inorganic Chemistry
Atmospheric, Planetary and Petroleum ScGeochemistry & Geophysics
Energy 2Chemistry 1
Aquatic & HydrologyEnergy 1
Physical & Theoretical Chemistry 1Chemical Eng: General
Chem Eng: Catalysis & EnvirnmChem Eng: Minerals & Sep.
Mech Engineering: Solid MechPhysical & Theoretical Chemistry 2
Civil EngineeringAerospace, Marine, Comp.
Mech Engineering: Fluids & ThermAnalytical Chemistry & Sensors
Agriculture 1Aquatic Sciences
Agriculture 2Environmental Science and Ecology 1Environmental Science and Ecology 2
Rejection Rates 2009
Driving quality
Article quality main driver
Year 2007 2008 2009Elsevier
S&TSum of Impact factor 2206 2500 2710
Growth % 4% 13% 8%
Solicit and manage
submissions
Manage peer review
Production
Publish and disseminate
Edit and prepare
Archive and promote
1,000 new editors per year18 new journals per year 800,000+ article submissions per year
300,000 referees1.6 million referee
reports per year
7,000 editors70,000 editorial board
members6.5 million
author/publisher communications per year
220,000+ new articles produced per year180 years of back issues scanned, processed and
data-tagged
10 million researchers
4,500+ institutions180+ countries480 million+
downloads per year2.5 million print
pages per year
9 million articles now available
Organise editorial boardsLaunch new specialist journals
40%-90% of articles rejected
Elsevier’s S&T Journal Publishing Cycle
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Author
Article
Data
etc.
Reviewer
Publisher
Editor
Journalbranding / certification
registration, distribution, archivevalid
ation
ResearchOutput
• Key author needs:
◦ Certification of research
◦ Continuation of funding and employment
◦ Recognition and career
• To fulfil needs author chooses journal which scores best on key factors
• Key factors in journal choice:
◦ Impact factor
◦ Reputation
◦ Editorial standard
◦ Publication speed
◦ Access to audience
Peer Review
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How Elsevier helps editors and reviewers
Elsevier organizes and supports the journals’ editorial boards, ensuring the highest standards of editorial review◦ 7,000 editors and 300,000 reviewers handle more than 0.8M submissions per year (1.6M review reports)
◦ Over120 dedicated publishers collaborate with a network of editors, board members, and other prominent scientists, ensuring that the best scientists are connected to the journal as editors or supporters
◦ Provision of financial support to editorial offices to enable them to conduct the peer review process (for both accepted and rejected papers)
◦ Organization of dozens of editor and reviewer workshops per year at institutes around the world
◦ EES connects world wide editorial community with authors
◦ Innovation in peer review
� Our Editor and Reviewer Feedback Programs keep track of satisfaction and points of improvement
� Our Editor and Reviewer Update newsletters inform editors and reviewers on developments in peer review and the ways we support them
� The average rejection rate is consistently high (63% in 2008), also for ‘developed’ countries
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Technology and services to support peer review
Elsevier facilitates and improves the peer review process through advanced technology and services◦ EES – our online editorial platform, facilitating a web-based peer review process that is transparent and measurable
• 3,500,000 authors, reviewers and editors use EES
• 64,000 new submissions are handled each month
• 24/7 Customer Support is available, handling 200,000 queries per year
• Online customer support provides training modules, demos, FAQs, and help functions
◦ Reference Linking – allowing editors and reviewers to access the articles in the reference list of submitted articles with one click
◦ Technical Screening – pre-screening 157k articles per year (>250 journals) on a set number of criteria (e.g. language), relieving burden from editors and reviewers (24% of screened articles never reaches editors)
◦ Free Scopus access for editors (unlimited) and reviewers (one month)
◦ Reviewer Finder – a tool for editors to find suitable reviewers (in development)
Peer review pilots
‘’Peer review is dedicated feedback in a secure, trusted environment’’
Peer review pilots aiming :
A. To increase transparency of peer review to authors, readers
B. To increase peer review efficiency or speed
C. To allow collaboration between journals
D. To increase article relevancy to reviewers
E. To stimulate more scientists joining peer review
F. To engage readers in the evaluation of science
Peer review pilots by Elsevier
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1. Reviewer Mentorship Programme2. Peer Review Consortium3. Peer Choice4. Reviewer incentives
Peer review pilots by Elsevier
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Pilots
1. Reviewer
Mentorship
2. Peer Review
Consortium
3. Peer Choice
4. Reviewer
incentives
Benefits aimed
A. To increase transparency
B. To increase efficiency or speed
C. Collaboration between journals
D. To increase article relevance
E. More scientists joining peer
review
F. To engage readers, scientists
Elsevier peer review experiments (2)
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2. Peer Review Consortium
•Enable the sharing of review reports between journals (at the author’s request) to run a more efficient and fast peer review process overall•37 journals in neuroscience across publishers and societies participate•Current uptake low (1-2%), pilot continues
1. Reviewer Mentorship Programme
•An educational programme for postgraduate students to become certified article reviewers, based on a proven need for more reviewers, guidance on reviewing papers, and a common reviewing standard•Programme consists of three phases
• Reviewer workshop (local or virtual)• Traineeship in which trainee performs a number of reviews for an editor, under the supervision of a
mentor• Graduation and certification
•Pilot will run in the first half of 2010 in biology and pharmacology areas
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Host & monitor
Guidance
Submit reviews
Copy of assignments
Keep informed
Signal end
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3. PeerChoice
• Reversal of the Traditional Model of Reviewer Selection, where
the Editors select the Reviewers, by allowing Reviewers to select
themselves
• 3-month pilot in Chemical Physics Letters
• 40 reviewers
• Regular alerts
Elsevier peer review experiments (3)
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4. Reviewer Incentives
1.Control Group.
2.Monetary Incentive (or “Cash”) GroupUS$ 100 if review completed < 28 days
3.Shorter deadline (or “4week”) GroupAsks for review within 28 days
4.Social Encouragement (or “Social”) groupInvitation letter describes that refereeing times per referee will be posted online
Elsevier peer review experiments (4)
4. Reviewer incentives (or stimulation)
Publishers are continuing to invest: Anti-Plagiarism and Publication Ethics
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• Cross-publisher initiative with CrossRef to detect instances of plagiarism in scientific articles
• Annual investment from publishers of membership and article processing fees
• Provides online forum for publishers or journal editors to discuss issues regarding scientific and peer review integrity
Summary - Article quality and peer review
• Our strategy: Publishing the best articles
• Attracting best authors, contracting best editors
• Reviewers make essential contribution to quality
• Peer review processed enhanced, funded, innovated
• Core values of peer review remain unchanged
• Contribution to publishing ethics
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WHAT IS OUR VISION ?WHY WE INNOVATEWHAT WE DOSOME EARLY RESULTS
The Article of the Future
Beyond the traditional: Content Innovation
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What is content innovation?
Content Innovation is an initiative in Journal Publishing that is about moving beyond today’s one-dimensional (top-left to bottom-right) and mostly textual content. It uses modern technology to provide an optimal user experience to our scientists in communicating (as authors) and digesting (as readers) scientific results. For this it heavily focuses on new content types, formats, and scientific partnerships.
Article of the Future – one of the Content Innovation initiatives
The Article of the Future initiative aims at a redefinition of the structure of the traditional article as we know it. It focuses on the easy digestion of scientific research, providing both task- and domain-dependent access points, like a graphical abstract and advanced figure browsing for quick digestion, and special tabs for quick access to those article elements that are most relevant to a certain domain. As such, it increases the uniqueness, usability, and added value of our content.
Traditional article structure
Article of the Future
The article of the future
‘’The stepwise creation of a less-linear article format, that reduces time for the
researcher. This is an article that is optimally interlinked, and integrated with
applications”
1.Graphical, video and interactive enhancements
2.Linking to articles, structures, datasets. 3-dimensional viewing
3.Non-linear article structuring, customized by reader
Central notion for our innovation is saving time and increasing
knowledge transfer
Central notion for our innovation is saving time and increasing
knowledge transfer
3. The article of the future (a)
Article innovation
1 Where do I find the right article ?
2 What is the outline of the article, what is the core message?
4 Where are supplemental data?
6 Which articles are cited or otherwise relevant?
7 Am I linked to related scientists?
3 Can I see the original data sets?
5 Do I need software or tools ?
3. The article of the future (b)
Article innovation
1 Where do I find the right article ?
2 What is the outline of the article, what is the core message?
4 Where are supplemental data?
6 Which articles are cited or otherwise relevant?
7 Am I linked to related scientists?
Semantic searching
Research highlights
Graphical abstracts
Video abstracts
Linking to cited articles
Contextuallinking
Database linking
Embedded applications
Cite Alert
Supplemental data
3 Can I see the original data sets?
5 Do I need software or tools ?
Social media
Beyond the traditional: Content Innovation
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What is content innovation?
Content Innovation is an initiative in Journal Publishing that is about moving beyond today’s one-dimensional (top-left to bottom-right) and mostly textual content. It uses modern technology to provide an optimal user experience to our scientists in communicating (as authors) and digesting (as readers) scientific results. For this it heavily focuses on new content types, formats, and scientific partnerships.
Article of the Future – one of the Content Innovation initiatives
The Article of the Future initiative aims at a redefinition of the structure of the traditional article as we know it. It focuses on the easy digestion of scientific research, providing both task- and domain-dependent access points, like a graphical abstract and advanced figure browsing for quick digestion, and special tabs for quick access to those article elements that are most relevant to a certain domain. As such, it increases the uniqueness, usability, and added value of our content.
Traditional article structure
Article of the Future
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Publishers are continuing to invest: 1. Enriching and enhancing articles
Article Enhancement (e.g. Article of the Future)Visualisation
Social Networking Mobile Technology
• Graphical abstracts with main message of the paper.• Hierarchical presentation of text and figures. • Alternate views to hide or show experiment details. • Real-time reference analyses for citation exploration.• Interactive to assist in navigating the article
• Peer reviewed video journals• Searchable Image databases using semantic linking• In-line video to enhance article content (techniques and
demonstrations)• Multiple platform support
• Online community sites facilitating discussion and sharingresearch findings, techniques and methods
• Linked in journal and book content into community• Supports continuous learning, CME and virtual
conferences
• Journal, book and database content on mobile devices
• Search and browse articles• Create alerts and citation analysis• Save favourite articles information and add notes • Share result information via Email or Twitter • News feeds and RSS technology
Publishers are continuing to invest: 2. Tools to derive insights across all articles
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Text Mining Tools
Research Performance Measurement Tools
• Publishers are developing data and text mining tools with partners to extract semantic connections within journal and book content.
• Working with partner to link to datasets, e.g. EMBL, Pangaea
• Researchers want to save time searching and spend more time analyzing and experimenting
• Solutions help to discover ideas and new uses for technologies
• Products that helps decision makers in institutions and governmentsanalyse research performance and emerging areas of science
• Identifies drivers of competitive research positions and strengths.• Data derived from publication and citation analysis• Matching of output by authors and institutions• Intuitive application of article-level classification and bibliometrics,
through partnership with industry researchers
PANGAEA®
MAPPING OUT THE RESEARCH LANDSCAPEHOW WE HELP INSTITUTES TO MAP THEIR COMPETENCESEXAMPLE BASED ON WATER SCIENCES
Governments are actively guiding their national research agendas
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� Assess the quality of research in universities and colleges in the UK
� Enable funding bodies to determine how to allocate grants across research projects
Research Program Sponsor Description
� Detail by institution and by discipline those areas that are internationally competitive
� Identify emerging areas where there are opportunities for development and further investment
� Identify thematic domains for future European support
� Part of EU’s strategy to become “the most dynamic competitive knowledge-based economy in the world”
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Elsevier’s New Mission
� Provide information and workflow solutions that help institutional decision-makers and researchers create significant value by building insights, enabling advancement in research, and improving research-driven returns-on-investment
New Mission Statement:
Supplier of publishing solutions
Partner in research productivity
Scopus at a Glance—Comprehensive Global Coverage
• Scopus is the largest multidisciplinary abstract and citation database with peer-reviewed research literature, quality web sources, patents and more.
• Scopus covers over 18,000 titles from more than 5,000 global publishers.
• Scopus coverage is global by design: Scopus content originates from outside North America representing various countries Europe, Latin America and the Asia Pacific region.
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Article-level co-citation analysis as a foundation for better analysis of interdisciplinary fields
SciVal Spotlight provides unique value in three areas:
1. Comprehensive, multi-disciplinary and global content, based on Scopus abstracts and citation data
2. High-quality matching of output by authors and institutions, based on Scopus author and affiliation profiles
3. Bottom-up aggregation of research activity using article-level classification,through partnership with industry thought leaders
Wheel of Science—MIT’s Research Strengths
MIT Distinctive Competency—Top Authors
MIT Distinctive Competency—Top Institutions
MIT Distinctive Competency – Treemap
US National Map
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Chinese National Map
Elsevier publishes some of the top journals in the fields of water research and 30% of the articles
CategoryTotal #
journals
Elsevier #
journals
Market
share (%)Influence 5year IF Relative IF
Market
growth in %
(04-08)
ELS Growth
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Fisheries44 4 23.18 29 3.647 1.238 14.8 9.8
Marine and Freshwater Biology
90 12 26.44 31 4.198 1.203 32.0 33.7
Oceanography56 14 34.48 36 4.071 1.073 31.1 49.6
Water Resources68 10 28.8 45 3.48 1.364 56.9 41.8
Total and averages258 40 3.849 1.220
Elsevier publishes the number one cited journal Water Research and other essential publication outlets like Journal of Hydrology, Advances in Water Resources, Agricultural and water management, etc.Jj
YEARLY ARTICLE OUTPUT - TITLE-ABS-KEY ("water resources")
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Source: Scopus
The field is highly internationalUSA and China leading in article output (water resources 2005-8)
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Article / Year (2005-08)
Annual percentage growth per average annual article outputSource: Scopus
Overview of article growth, 2004-08 – US and China (water resources 2005-
8)
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AUFR
ES DE
UKCANL
BRIRN
KRTW
TRGR
ZA
MX
THA
PT
DK
ILBE
CHSE
Switzerland and Sweden show highest citation impact per paper (water resources 2005-8)
Article / Year
Country citation impact per paper
Cites / Article
Source: Scopus
Institutes with highest article output or cites per article(water resources 2005-
8)
0
5
10
15
20
25
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Paris 6
Natl Ctr Atm R
OxfordNASA
Wisconsin
NOAA
WashingtonCalif-B
Wageningen
Hohai
Colorado St
US EPA
Calif-DTexas A&M
Wuhan
Tsinghua
Beijing NormalIllinois
CN I Water R
Arizona
Tel Aviv
Potsdam
Pacific NW Lab
Harvard
CSIRO
USGS
USDA
Delft
CAS
Berkeley Natl Lab
Stanford Cape Town
Princeton
Articles / Year
Cites / Article
0
5
10
15
20
25
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Tsinghua
Beijing NormalIllinois
CN I Water R
Arizona
Hohai
USGS
US EPA
Wageningen
Delft
Colorado St
Calif-DTexas A&M
Wuhan
Potsdam
Pacific NW Lab
Harvard
Berkeley Natl Lab
Stanford Cape Town
Paris 6
Natl Ctr Atm R
OxfordNASA
Wisconsin
NOAA
WashingtonCalif-B
0
5
10
15
20
25
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Produced <25 papers where one received >150 citations,
more than half its total citations
Produced
>250 papers with less than
2.6 cpp, due to local focus of
papers
CAS
USDACSIRO
Princeton
Tel AvivTel Aviv
Source: Scopus
CSIRO (Australian Commonwealth Scientific Research Organi zation)
Source: Spotlight
Princeton
Source: Spotlight
USDA
Source: Spotlight
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