The importance of scholarly information in the research process

The importance of scholarly information in the research process

Endre BékyAccount ManagerELSEVIER B.V.

Date: April 14, 2009

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Dissemination, by scientific publishers, of high quality scientific output across the globe is a crucial part of research

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

Elsevier has invested heavily in the increase of productivity and efficiency of researchers all over the world through the ScienceDirect platform, Scopus and many other highly specialized products

Introduction

Introduction

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Solicit and manage

submissionsManage peer

review

Production

Publish and disseminate

Edit and prepare

Archive and promote

• 1,000 new editors per year• 18 new journals per year

• >500,000+ article submissions per year

• 200,000 referees• 1 million referee reports

per year

• 7,000 editors• 70,000 editorial board

members• 6.5 million author/publisher

communications per year

• >250,000 new articles produced per year• 180 years of back issues scanned, processed and data-tagged

• 10 million researchers• 4,500+ institutions• 180+ countries• >300 million+

downloads per year• 2.5 million print pages

per year

• 8 million articles now available

• Organise editorial boards• Launch new specialist

journals

• 40%-90% of articles rejected

Introduction

Elsevier is the leading S&T publisher with a market share of 20-25%

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Author Gateway and Elsevier Editorial

Systems$15 million

eJournal BackfileseReference Works

$40 million

Production Tracking System$5 million

ScienceDirect ScopusScirus

eNewsletters and alerts >$200 million

Estimated cumulative investment since 2000

Electronic Warehouse$15 million

Introduction

Elsevier invests significantly to service its Academic, Government and Corporate clients in the most efficient way

Solicit and manage

submissionsManage peer

review

Production

Publish and disseminate

Edit and prepare

Archive and promote

• Organise editorial boards• Launch new specialist

journals

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Elsevier is the leading STM journal publisher in Ukraine with a 17.5% paper market share

Introduction

Elsevier17.5%

Springer17.3%

IEEE4.7%

AIP4.7%

Others52.2%

Blackwell -Wiley3.6%

2007 Market share of Articles in Ukraine Indexed on Scopus

01,500

3,0004,5006,000

7,5009,000

Els Spr AIPIE

EEB-W

# Citations received(2004-2007)

01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000

2005 2006 2007

# Publications at Elsevier in Ukraine

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Assets/ Assets/ LaboratoriesLaboratories

Access to Access to ContentContent

Resources/ Resources/ ResearchersResearchers

High Performance

ResearchEngine

The training and Physical The training and Physical fitness of the athletefitness of the athlete

(Indicated by demographic data)

A good position A good position at the startat the start

(Research performance indicators)

The Quality of The Quality of your shoesyour shoes

(Elsevier provides high quality access)

Introduction

Research is like running a marathon…

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Macro-economics

Haile finishing first in the 2007 marathon of Berlin in a new world-record of 2 hours 4 minutes and 26 seconds

Haile GebrselassieBorn: 18-04-1973Nat.: Ethiopian

The training and physical fitness of the athlete

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0 20 40 60 80

Ukraine

Hungary

Czech Republic

Spain

United Kingdom

Population(X Mio) Growth rate

0.3%

0.1%

-0.1%

-0.3%

-0.7%

0 10000 20000 30000

R&D Spend(X Mio $) (%) of GDP

1.7%

1.1%

1.4%

1.0%

1.1%

0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500

Ukraine

Hungary

Czech Republic

Spain

United Kingdom

GDP (PPP)(X Bln $) Growth rate

2.8%

3.9%

6.4%

3.9%

7.1%

0 50 100 150 200

# of researchers(X Thousand)

(%) of total population

0.27%

0.26%

0.24%

0.16%

- %

Macro-economics

Source: CIA world book of facts 2007, UNESCO, All values are against GDP(PPP)

Economic growth in Ukraine is above UK, however R&D Spendand # of researchers can be improved

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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

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Spain UnitedKingdom

2006 – R&D-spend/Capita

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5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

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Spain UnitedKingdom

2006 – GDP/Capita1.5 X1.8X4.1X

$

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Source: CIA world book of facts 2007, UNESCO, All values are against GDP(PPP)

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Macro-economics

1.9 X3.2 X7.5 X 1.9 X

The per capita R&D spend shows room for improvement

10 UK

Ukraine

US

Hungary

Spain

Czech Republic

comparing countries research performance

To win a marathon a good position at the start is crucial

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Hungary

Czech Republic

Spain

United Kingdom

United States

# of Universities in theTimes top 200

# of Universities in theShanghai Jiao TongUniversity top 500

0

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57

0

42

166

0

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32

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Ukraine

Hungary

Czech Republic

Spain

United Kingdom

United States

Hungary

Ukraine

Spain

CzechRepublic

United Kingdom

United States

2006 2007


International rankings still show a huge lead for UK and US universities

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Article output market shares derived from

Ukraine share of articles indexed on Scopus has declined to 0.34 % while neighbours share has grown, a trend shared by UK and US

0.4%

7.6%

26.1%

0.46%

2.2%

0.46%0.34%

0.4%0.53%

2.5%

7.4%

24.9%

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

Urkraine Hungary CzechRepublic

Spain UK US

'96-'01'02-'06

Average share of articles published worldwide


The UK and US contribute 32.3% of world articles but representing only 5.5% of the world population

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%

13Source: www.basf.com


The quality of your shoes

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To win in R&D, Elsevier provides the best equipment

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Electronic access to large volumes of content has significant influenceon the article output growth of countries worldwide

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Poland Articles Published China Articles Published UK Articles Published

2.3x faster growth


1.9x faster growth

4.5x faster growth

• 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

Low development

countries

High development

countries

Access growth

accelerator

Developing countries have a larger benefit from electronic access tohigh quality content than developed countries

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