The importance of scholarly information in the research

The importance of scholarly information in the research process Endre Béky Account Manager ELSEVIER B. V. Date: April 14, 2009

Introduction § § In recent years the move from paper to electronic content delivery has drastically changed researchers time-spending § Researchers are able to spend significantly less time on searching for relevant content and at the same time have access to a wider range of content § At the same time the increase of usage clearly positively affects the quantity and quality of scientific output § Comparing macro-economic and demographic data with the uptake of usage and scientific output enables decision-makers to analyze the productivity and efficiency of their investments § 2 Dissemination, by scientific publishers, of high quality scientific output across the globe is a crucial part of research Elsevier has invested heavily in the increase of productivity and efficiency of researchers all over the world through the Science. Direct platform, Scopus and many other highly specialized products

Introduction Elsevier is the leading S&T publisher with a market share o 1, 000 new editors per year • 18 new journals per year • Organise editorial • • >500, 000+ article submissions per year • Solicit and manage submissions boards • Launch new specialist journals • 8 million articles now available • 10 million researchers 4, 500+ institutions 180+ countries >300 million+ downloads per year 2. 5 million print pages per year • • Archive and promote Publish and dissemina te Production • • 3 • Manage peer review Edit and prepare >250, 000 new articles produced per year 180 years of back issues scanned, processed and data-tagged 200, 000 referees 1 million referee reports per year • • 40%-90% of articles rejected 7, 000 editors 70, 000 editorial board members 6. 5 million author/publisher communications per year

Introduction Elsevier invests significantly to service its Academic, Government and Corporate clients in the most efficient way Organise editorial boards • Launch new specialist journals • Science. Direct Scopus Scirus e. Newsletters and alerts >$200 million Solicit and manage submissions Archive and promote Publish and dissemina te Production Author Gateway and Elsevier Editorial Systems $15 million Manage peer review Edit and prepare e. Journal Backfiles e. Reference Works $40 million Electronic Warehouse $15 million 4 Production Tracking System $5 million Estimated cumulative investment since

Introduction Elsevier is the leading STM journal publisher in Ukraine with a 17. 5% paper market share # Publications at Elsevier in Ukraine 2007 Market share of Articles in Ukraine Indexed on Scopus # Citations received (2004 -2007) 5

Introduction Research is like running a marathon… Assets/ Laboratories The training and Physical fitness of the athlete A good position at the start (Indicated by demographic data) High Performance Research Engine Access to Content Resources/ Researchers The Quality of your shoes (Elsevier provides high quality access) 6 (Research performance indicators)

Macro-economics The training and physical fitness of the athlete Haile Gebrselassie Born: 18 -04 -1973 Nat. : Ethiopian Haile finishing first in the 2007 marathon of Berlin in a new world-record of 2 hours 4 minutes and 26 seconds 7

Macro-economics Economic growth in Ukraine is above UK, however R&D Sp and # of researchers can be improved Population (X Mio) # of researchers Growth rate 0. 3% (X Thousand) (%) of total population 0. 27% 0. 1% 0. 26% -0. 1% 0. 24% -0. 3% 0. 16% -0. 7% -% GDP (PPP) (X Bln $) R&D Spend Growth rate (X Mio $) (%) of GDP 2. 8% 1. 7% 3. 9% 1. 1% 6. 4% 1. 4% 3. 9% 1. 0% 7. 1% 1. 1% 8 Source: CIA world book of facts 2007, UNESCO, All values are against GDP(PPP)

Macro-economics The per capita R&D spend shows room for improvement 2006 – GDP/Capita 4. 1 X 1. 8 X 1. 5 X 2006 – R&D-spend/Capita 1. 2 X 7. 5 X $ 3. 2 X 1. 9 X $ ? Low and Medium developed countries can significantly increase their performance in R&D by increasing their investment per Capita to the UK-GDP/Capita ratio 9 Source: CIA world book of facts 2007, UNESCO, All values are against GDP(PPP)

comparing countries research performance To win a marathon a good position at the start is crucial Ukraine Czech Republic Hungary Spain 1 0 US UK

comparing countries research performance International rankings still show a huge lead for UK and US 2006 2007 Ukraine Hungary Czech Republic Spain United Kingdom United States 1 1

comparing countries research performance Ukraine share of articles indexed on Scopus has declined to while neighbours share has grown, a trend shared by UK an Average share of articles published worldwide Average Growth ’ 96’ 01 ’ 02’ 06 Ukraine 3. 3% -2. 1% Hungary 2. 8% 5. 2% Czech Republic 5. 2% 7. 2% Spain 4. 2% 8. 7% Article output market shares derived from 1 2 The UK and US contribute 32. 3% of world articles but representing only 5. 5% of the world population

comparing countries research performance The quality of your shoes 1 3 Source: www. basf. com

comparing countries research performance To win in R&D, Elsevier provides the best equipment 1 4

comparing countries research performance Electronic access to large volumes of content has significa on the article output growth of countries worldwide 1 5

comparing countries research performance The rapidly increasing usage of SD further explains the sha in # of articles published Meant for whitepaper 1 6

comparing countries research performance The rapidly increasing usage of SD further explains the sha in # of articles published 1 7

comparing countries research performance Developing countries have a larger benefit from electronic a high quality content than developed countries 4. 5 x faster growth Low development countries • • Access growth accelerator 1. 9 x faster growth 1 8 • 2. 3 x faster growth High development countries Historically UK has large access-levels to content, making the transition from paper to electronic small in terms of additional availability In Poland the transition from paper to electronic content opened up access to a much larger volume of content In China the amount of content available before the launch of SD was insignificant compared to the amount available today

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