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29 January 2014

Prof. Michael Faborode Secretary General, Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVC) No. 4, Parakou Street, Wuse II, P.M.B. 5286, Wuse G.P.O., Abuja, Nigeria Dear Prof. Faborode, Elsevier is pleased to provide CVC, NUC & TETFund with the following Nigeria – Elsevier Partnership (NEP) framework to support Nigerian publishing and accessing of journals for Nigeria’s universities through a consortium model, complemented with research and development (R&D) capacity building, management tools, and training services. We are excited for the opportunity to start our partnership with CVC, NUC, TETFund and other science, technology and innovation (STI) institutions to support the objectives of Nigeria’s academics and researchers. In order to maximize the outcome and benefits of this partnership, we propose the following timeline: Agree on the Letter Of Intent (LOI) by February 28th. Access will be granted once LOI is signed.

Contract finalized by March 31st. This document is structured in the following order: Nigeria – Elsevier Partnership (NEP):

o Framework o Scope o Financing Models o Recommended Timeline

Conclusion

Appendix (Includes expanded details on Elsevier platforms and Production and Hosting capabilities pertaining to NEP scope)

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your fellow colleague Prof. M.H. Mohamed Chairman CVC, for your collective inputs and ideas during our discussions in Akure on November 2013, as well as building towards the joint “Deepening R&D, Output Dissemination and Uptake of Innovations” event 29 January 2014 in Abuja.

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We have the pleasure starting this partnership by conducting the joint event today and looking forward

to a successful and long-term partnership with CVC, NUC, and other stakeholders to benefit Nigerian

universities and help them contribute the knowledge and advanced human capital needed to achieve

your country’s socioeconomic ambitions outlined in Nigeria Vision 2020.

Framework At Elsevier, we share Nigeria’s aspirations and ambitions to reinforce its position as a regional leader in Africa in higher education, science and technology (HEST), as demonstrated by:

Your country’s Strategic Plan for the Development of the Education Sector (2011-2015) that will holistically improve the higher education system

Funds from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to broadly promote R&D including access to journals and publication, research funds, and other support instruments

Nigerian universities have a significant role in the development of the next generation of local scientists, doctors, engineers, and advanced human capital necessary to help Nigeria meet Vision 2020 objectives. Today, Elsevier is privileged to have established relationships with eleven (11) universities in Nigeria, as well as the thirteen (13) polytechnics that are members of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE). Nigeria’s current development of its National Research and Education Network (NgREN) indicates that now is the time to build out and benefit a broad range of Nigerian scientific and academic institutions with the tools and information needed to succeed. To support Nigeria realize its national HEST objectives, we suggest the following NEP Framework, conceptualized with the valuable feedback from you and your colleagues: 1. Improve access to Elsevier’s scientific information through a consortium model for Nigerian

universities: A consortium model brings together universities into an agreement to achieve a common objective. In Nigeria, universities will come together to have access to scientific and technological content and allow them to achieve economies of scale and scope. Furthermore, a consortium model will: Democratize access to world-class scientific information for all consortium members regardless

of size, focus disciplines, or research intensity

Facilitate participation and collaboration in local, regional, and global R&D networks, including funds from European Union’s Horizon 2020, or World Bank’s Africa Centers of Excellence

Reach targeted institutions to have greater impact and increase peer-reviewed journal publications and citations, and provide greater international visibility

Attract and recruit talent to join university faculty and research departments, as well as retain talented staff

This model has proven immensely successful across the region (e.g. Egypt, South Africa) and across the globe (e.g. Brazil, India).

2. Provide R&D capacity building and Elsevier platform training to Nigerian researchers, knowledge managers, scientists, and academics: The role of Elsevier is to assist with capacity building for researchers, scientists, academic, knowledge managers, and other end-users by meeting the information and content needs of the stakeholders. As the world’s leading publisher of science and

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health information, Elsevier serves more than 30 million scientists, students and health and information professionals worldwide. Capacity building and platform training will:

Maximize the impact of access to scientific information and increase productivity, teaching and learning

Contribute to the long-term commitment and learning of Nigerian researchers, scientists, and academics

Level the playing field for all Nigerian researchers, scientists and academics to utilize and apply the same scientific information

Furthermore, Elsevier can also train young researchers and scientists to enhance their scientific writing skills and increase their likelihood of acceptance into international journals. Capacity building activities can be achieved through the conduct of workshops for authors, editors, researchers, and knowledge managers.

3. Provide support through research evaluation and management tools to support Nigerian research

strategies: Elsevier’s online tools can assist in research performance evaluation for discovering Nigeria’s scientific competitive advantages, resource allocation and evidence-based decision-making and policy setting. This complements CVC’s visibility developing the NgREN, quality assurance, policy development, program accreditation, budgeting, and collaborations.

4. Increase editorial / publishing support for selected Nigeria’s local publications from universities

and publishing societies: An opportunity for Nigerian journals to use Elsevier’s editorial and production systems and get global visibility via hosting on Science Direct. Journals need to be reviewed by Elsevier’s and meet our quality criteria in order to join the Program. Program participants are academic peer-reviewed journals that are willing to follow international ethical & publishing guidelines. Journals have to be published in English, have Academic Editorial Board and clearly defined aims & scope. Please see the Appendix for a case study on raising profile and gaining international readership for Egyptian journals.

5. Recognition of Nigerian scientists, R&D progress and joint celebration through Nigeria Scopus Award: Non-monetary recognition of young Nigerian scientists to generate local enthusiasm for science, technology and innovation among peers, attract new talent to basic and applied sciences, and give society recognition of local achievement. Please see references to Scopus Awards in the below links:

Algeria- Elsevier and Algerian Ministry of Higher Education and Research Announce the

Winners of 2013 Algerian Scopus Award http://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/corporate-social-responsibility/elsevier-and-algerian-ministry-of-higher-education-and-research-announce-the-winners-of-2013-algerian-scopus-award

Russia- Elsevier and Russian Ministry of Education and Science Announce 2013 Scopus Award

Winners: http://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/science-and-technology/elsevier-and-russian-ministry-of-education-and-science-announce-2013-scopus-award-winners

UK- 2011 UK Scopus Young Researcher Awards: http://www.elsevier.com/awards/europe/uk-scopus-young-researcher-awards-2011

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Turkey- Turkey's scientific research output is booming – but what about the quality? Answers come from analysis and a joint research evaluation event with Elsevier and Hacettepe University: http://www.elsevier.com/connect/turkeys-scientific-research-output-is-booming-but-what-about-the-quality

I. SCOPE: Access to ScienceDirect Freedom Collection for seventy-nine (79) Federal and State universities (23

collections, almost 2100 journals). CVC and NUC requested that the 79 universities be part of the consortium. Private universities can join / agree with Elsevier and enjoy similar benefits with their own resources.

Access to Scopus will be offered the same way like ScienceDirect. Scopus is the largest abstract and

citation database covering more than 20,000 titles of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources, including a number of regionally relevant journals, with tools to track, analyse and visualize research.

CVC & NUC will have exclusive access to SciVal, Elsevier’s strategic planning tool with an inter-disciplinary view. SciVal facilitates R&D manager’s decision-making regarding prioritization, resources, and evaluation.

II. FINANCING MODELS:

As previously stated, a consortium model will allow Nigerian universities achieve economies of scale and scope, in addition to democratizing access to scientific information, and facilitating participation in local, regional, and global R&D networks. An Elsevier consortium will use one of two financing models: User Contributions: A percentage is covered by institutions (e.g. Botswana, Ghana, and South

Africa). This model will allow universities to access scientific information and achieve economies of scale and scope.

100% contribution from the Government of Nigeria. Similar approaches utilized in Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia.

A highly competitive financial proposal that takes into account Nigeria’s HEST ambitions over a period of time is provided below. CVC might explore other financial sources internally for partnership components.

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Based on the list of Federal & State universities in Nigeria (79 members), we have done a deep analysis for all members and categorized them by research intensity:

Key Findings:

• Group 1 (no. of universities - 27) publish >50 articles/year • Group 2 (no. of universities - 11) publish between 5-50 articles/year • Group 3 (no. of universities - 41) publish 0-5 articles/year

We at Elsevier are aiming for a long term partnership with CVC, NUC, TETFund, and Nigeria more

broadly. We also understand that Nigeria is just graduating from the Research 4Life (R4L) program. Taking these factors into considerations, Elsevier has agreed to develop its pricing based only on Group 1 (27 universities). Groups 2 & 3 will also be members of the consortia. Over the medium to long term more institutes from Groups 2 & 3 may graduate to a higher research intensity group as a result of our joint efforts.

Based on Elsevier’s pricing scheme for Africa (which includes per capita Gross Domestic Product – GDP discounts), the current value of NEP for Group 1 universities (27 universities) amounts to almost US$4.4 million / year. Elsevier is offering a phase in period to arrive at this value over the next five years. So the pricing for 2014 will only be US$1,800,000. The final total pricing will be as follows & highlighted below:

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Total 5 Years

NEP in US$ 1,800,000 2,250,000 2,812,500 3,515,625 4,394,531 14,772,656

Pricing for Scopus and Cell press are included with the same discount levels applied on ScienceDirect pricing. Free access to other institutes in Nigeria (79 Federal & State universities) to ScienceDirect & Scopus. Free access to Group 2&3 will be assessed on yearly basis.

This price includes Production & Hosting of top *2-4 journals in Nigeria (one in each key discipline).

All other trainings and workshops, tools, and capacity building activities are included in the price

for all members of the consortia to benefit.

* Selection will be subjected to quality check by Production & Hosting department

This sales proposal is confidential and proprietary information shall remain valid for a period of Thirty (30) days. No legally binding

obligation shall arise except by the execution and delivery of an agreement containing such terms and conditions of the proposed

transaction as shall have been agreed upon by the parties. Such agreement shall be subject to final approval of the Managing

Director Sales of Elsevier BV. This quote has been submitted by Elsevier BV upon condition that in the event where one of the

parties decides, regardless the moment or the reason of such decision, not to continue the negotiations of the transaction no legally

binding or enforceable obligation shall arise to reimburse the other party for any fees, expenses, costs or damages. Prices, services

and conditions are based on current consortium size and value and are valid for all the members only if they are all accepted as

listed in the proposal itself. Partial orders are not permitted.

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III. RECOMMENDED TIMELINE:

Elsevier has the pleasure to start this partnership and looking forward for a successful long-term partnership with CVC, NUC, TETFund and Nigerian universities, building on its existing relationships with universities and other stakeholders. The following recommended joint actions and timeline is based on discussions with CVC, NUC, and TETFund, and laid out to launch the NEP.

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Agree on Definitions for

Collaboration

Organize CVC, NUC &

TETFund joint meeting

Finalize/Confirm

Consortium Scope

Identify Consortium

Financing Resources

Signing LOI

Signing Final contracts

Implement Consortium

Capacity Building &

Training

Workshop

Scopus Award

2014 2015 2016 2017-18

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IV. CONCLUSION: Elsevier is delighted to start the partnership with you and your colleagues at CVC, NUC, TETFund and other stakeholders. We hope the NEP above is amenable to your vision and priorities, CVC’s Secretary General, with respect to the STI and R&D project and human capital development being realized in Nigerian universities. Furthermore, look forward to have a joined meeting and discussing with you, NUC and TETFund the NEP. At Elsevier, we share Nigeria’s aspirations and ambitions to reinforce its position as a regional leader in Africa in HEST, and are eager to work with you on this initiative that will benefit Nigeria’s STI and socioeconomic acceleration. Sincerely,

Ahmed Abdelnaby Sales Manager – Africa Elsevier B.V. Radarweg 29 1043 NX Amsterdam The Netherland Mobile: +2 01277000038 Email: a.abdelnaby@elsevier.com

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V. Appendix 1 ScienceDirect®: Number 1 Destination for Researchers Worldwide 1.1 Background ScienceDirect is the world’s leading full-text scientific database offering articles/chapters from more than 2,500 peer-reviewed journals and more than 11,000 books. There are currently more than 12 million articles/chapters, a content base that is growing at a rate of almost 0.5 million additions per year. Elsevier has digitized as much of the pre 1995 journal owned-content as possible, bringing articles from as far back as 1823 to the desktop. In addition, since 2003, many authors have been submitting extra value-add content associated with the research, such as audio and video files, datasets and other supplementary content, effectively accelerating research beyond the print format. The platform offers sophisticated search and retrieval functionality that enables the user to maximize the effectiveness of their knowledge discovery process. New tools facilitate research work flow aids such as access to content at an early publication stage and efficient downloading of content that can be shared, stored and passed to colleagues 1.2 Benefits Benefits to the Librarian: Ensure your users access to the most current and comprehensive content.

Improve retrieval and increases usage of important content.

Offer multiple researchers simultaneous access saving the cost of purchasing multiple copies.

Allow cost benefit analysis via usage statistics. Benefits to the Researcher:

Access to the works from the convenience of your desktop and using ScienceDirect advanced functionality to search keywords.

The series are fully searchable giving researchers unsurpassed access to breadth and depth of information.

Researchers can choose to browse chapters or articles.

Extensive browsing and searching across subject, thematic, alphabetical, author and cited author indexes - as applicable to the work

Basic and advanced search functionality within volumes, parts of volumes, or across the whole work

Ability to build, save and re-run searches as well as combine saved searches

Internal cross-referencing between articles in the work, plus dynamic linking to journal articles and abstract databases, making navigation flexible and easy

All articles are available as full-text HTML files, and as PDF files that can be viewed, downloaded or printed out in their original print format

ScienceDirect integrated platform facilitates linking and searching between content types and onward, through CrossRef to other publishers’ content.

Remote usage and a stable reliable platform mean researchers have access anytime, anywhere.

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2 Scopus ®: 2.1 Background 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. Updated daily, Scopus offers: Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer reviewed literature which includes over 21,000 titles from 5,000 publishers.

21,000 journal titles from more than 5,000 international publishers

390 trade publications

370 book series 5.5 million conference papers

“Articles-in-Press" from more than 3,850 journals and publishers such as Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Springer, Wiley-Blackwell, Nature Publishing Group and the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Scopus' 50 million records include:

29 million records, including references, going back to 1995 (84% include abstracts)

21 million pre-1996 records going back as far as 1823Coming Fall 2013: Scopus starts to increase book coverage to 75,000 titles, with 5,000 indexed by August 2013 (project completion date 2015). Scopus delivers the most comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences and Arts & Humanities. As research becomes increasingly global, interdisciplinary and collaborative, you can make sure that critical research from around the world is not missed. For more information including a complete list of titles, please visit http://info.scopus.com/ 2.2 Content coverage:

Broadest coverage available of Scientific, Technical, Medical and Social Sciences literature including Arts & Humanities

Worldwide coverage; more than half of Scopus content originates from Europe, Latin America and the Asia Pacific region

References go back to 1996. 80% of all Scopus records, back to 1823, have an abstract Scopus also includes the historical material published by ACS, the Springer / Kluwer archive,

Institute of Physics, American Physical Society, American Institute of Physics, Royal Society of Chemistry and the journals Nature and Science. Scopus has loaded the archives of Elsevier (back to 1823) and the journals Science (back to 1880) and Nature (back to 1869)

Over 69 million additional cited references that are not covered by Scopus as such (e.g. books) “Articles-in-Press” from over 3,000 journals. These articles are available in Scopus prior to their

official publication date, from Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Springer / Kluwer, Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers, Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The AIP articles from Biomed Central will be available shortly

100% coverage of Medline titles.

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2.3 Why Scopus? Scopus helps managers & decision makers, researchers, editors and librarians to overcome their challenges and reach their goals quickly and effectively. Using Scopus as a decision maker you can:

Evaluate authors and to monitor fields of scientific enquiry through citation analysis

Find unique authors, their affiliations, and scientific track records

Find unique institutions, their output and trends. Using Scopus as a researcher you can:

Find out who is citing you, and how many citations an article or an author has received. Analyze citations for a particular journal issue, volume or year. Use this information to complete grant or other applications quickly and easily. Use the refine results overview to quickly see the main journals, disciplines and authors that

publish in your area of interest. Uncover important and relevant articles that you may otherwise miss. Check out the work and citations of other authors. Click on the cited by and reference links to track research trends and make connections. You can

do this within or across disciplines you are interested in. Using Scopus as an editor you can:

Find and evaluate referees and authors for review papers and thematic issues. Identify and contact potential editorial board members. Monitor journal trends, for example by comparing the current aims and scope of a journal with

citation patterns to see if a shift has occurred. Review the performance and coverage of new journals quickly, and at your desktop without

waiting for them to be indexed in other databases. New journals are covered and citation links created to and from them on a regular basis.

Using Scopus as a librarian you can: Offer an easy-to-use, reliable abstract and citation database to your users. Link your users quickly and accurately to the full-text articles you've invested in. Increase the visibility of and access to other library resources. Ensure your users search peer-reviewed, indexed content. Analyze highly-cited articles to inform your collection management decisions.

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3 Scival ®: See your performance, benchmark your advantage, seek new collaboration 3.1 Background SciVal delivers quick, easy access to the research performance of 4600 research institutions and 220 countries worldwide providing comprehensive views of their research performance. Constantly evolving and ever more difficult, today’s research landscape requires research institutions to juggle multiple mandates while striving to overcome frustrating limitations. SciVal offers a ready-to-use solution with pre-defined entities, and flexibility for users to model, evaluate, and benchmark any perspective of their scientific universe. Using advanced technological capabilities SciVal processes data and generates graphs and tables on-the-fly. 3.2 Product Specification SciVal offers one integrated suite of modules with transparency and consistency of data and metrics across the platform. Each module covers a theme which can live individually or combined. Seamless navigation across the platform to support end-to-end workflows. Modules:

1. Overview Comprehensive summaries of any desired research entities such as institutions, countries, research groups and topics

At-a-glance, standardized reports

Access to Spotlight maps for all 4600 institutions and 220 countries

2. Benchmarking Advanced capabilities to perform in-depth analysis by combining flexible set of entities and metrics

Compare any research groups including any pre-defined institutions, countries, and groups, or by creating your own Research Area

Complete flexibility to combine any selection of metrics and research groups

3. Collaboration

Identify and analyse existing and potential collaboration opportunities

Visualized on Google maps

Ranking of institutes and authors based on output and impact related metrics

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Metrics: SciVal offers a broad spectrum of industry-accepted and easy-to-interpret metrics including Snowball

metrics which is a global standard metrics defined and agreed by higher education institutions for institutional strategic decision making through benchmarking. http://www.snowballmetrics.com/ Productivity metrics

Scholarly Output

h-indices (h, g, m) Citation Impact metrics

Citation Count

Citations per Publication Cited Publications

h-indices(h,g,m)

Field-Weighted Citation Impact

Publications in Top Percentiles Publications in Top Journal Percentiles Collaboration Impact (geographical) Academic-Corporate Collaboration Impact Collaboration metrics Authorship Count Number of Citing Countries

Collaboration (geographical) Academic-Corporate Collaboration Disciplinarily metrics Journal count Journal category count

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SciVal helps provide answers to questions such as: o How effective have our strategic decisions been regarding research? o How can we best allocate limited internal funding? o Are we capitalizing on emerging areas of research strength? o How do we compare to competitors in our areas of expertise? o Which researchers should we consider recruiting, and which should we be sure to retain? o Who are our potential collaborators?

Evaluate country & institution’s research output in a single online interface:

View your individualized map, which captures the unique "research fingerprint" of your country and/or institution, identifying your unique research competencies.

View your standing relative to the competition across a multitude of research driven areas of focus.

Establish or adjust your strategic direction:

Identify specific areas of research excellence and emerging strengths

Understand where you have been gaining or losing ground over time

Identify new leadership opportunities. Determine areas for further investment Execute your research strategy:

Identify potential collaborators.

Determine top researchers to recruit and retain 4 Production & Hosting (P&H®): Production & Hosting by Elsevier helps local journals to reach global visibility by providing them with professional tools for end-to-end publishing process. Your journals will use the technology, workflow efficiency, and experience already enjoyed by thousands of Elsevier's reputable publications whilst maintaining full ownership and editorial control. 4.1 Benefits of Production & Hosting service: Hosting on ScienceDirect as subsidized Gold Open Access journals ensuring every researcher in the

world can read the journals. A dedicated journal homepage on www.elsevier.com featuring journal aims and scope, editorial

board, recently published articles, top 10 most cited articles and guide for authors. Streamlined editorial management through Elsevier Editorial System, including Scopus access for

Editors and reviewers.

Appointment of Journal Manager who will oversee the production process.

High quality production services including manuscript tracking, typesetting, reference linking, print offprints if desired.

Better monitoring of journal performance through detailed user reports.

Long-term preservation of your content by archiving.

COPE membership for Editors supporting them in ethical issues and iThenticate, the tool to detect plagiarism.

Guidance before and during the indexing application process for Scopus, EI and non-Elsevier indexing databases.

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4.2 Production and Hosting Egypt Case Study Goals: Raising profile of the Egyptian national publications

Gaining international readership Results:

Established local publishing process

14 Journals launched in 10 areas from Engineering to Geophysics since 2009 Journals attracted authors from 26 countries

First batch of journals is indexed in Scopus and is ready for ISI application

Ready-to-go for Impact factor

Established publishing process

Major universities & research institutes participate

Drastic Increase in # of published articles