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ScienceDirect: Comprehensive Academic Resources for Research

Explore ScienceDirect for access to over 1,800 journals, millions of full-text articles, and diverse subject areas. Benefit from online browsing and linking functionalities, and discover reference works in various fields. Stay updated on the latest content developments.

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ScienceDirect: Comprehensive Academic Resources for Research

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  1. ScienceDirect Seminar Olivier Diesnis (o.diesnis@elsevier.com) Account Development Manager

  2. Your Elsevier Contact Persons • Luca Carpi – Account Manager l.carpi@elsevier.com • Olivier Diesnis – Account Development Manager o.diesnis@elsevier.com • Technical Support nlinfo@sciencedirect.com

  3. Agenda • Current Content and Future Development on ScienceDirect. • Overview of ScienceDirect usage statistics in Greece • Overview of author output in Greece.

  4. SD Content

  5. SD Content - Journals • Contains >1,800 journals • Elsevier Science, Pergamon, North Holland etc… • Academic Press • Harcourt Health Sciences • Cell Press • etc • >6 million full-text articles • 23 subjects • Backfile articles back to Volume 1, Issue 1

  6. SD Content – Expansion of ScienceDirect FULL-TEXT ARTICLES ON SCIENCEDIRECT ‘000 • - Medicine and Dentistry • Nursing and Health • Professions • Veterinary Science and • Veterinary Medicine • - Cell Press • - Agricultural • - Computer Science - Decision Science • - Earth & Planetary • - Energy & Power • Engineering & • Technology • - Neuroscience • - Materials • The Lancet • - Academic Press • - Economics • -Bio-Chemistry, Genetics, • - Immunology • Mathematics • - Pharmacology • - Physics & Astronomy • - Psychology • - Social Science • Chemistry: • - Organic • - Inorganic • Chemical • Engineering • - Phys. & Anal. Chem.

  7. SD Content – Backfile articles

  8. SD Content – Backfile articles

  9. SD Content – Abstract Databases

  10. SD Content – Abstract Databases • Biomedicine: Embase, Biobase, Biotechnobase, Medline, Biosis Previews • Chemistry: Beilstein Abstracts, World Textiles • Physical Sciences: Compendex, Fluidex, Inspec • Earth Sciences: GeoBase, Oceanbase • Social and Behavioral Sciences: EconLit, PsycINFO Seamless linking via CrossRef

  11. SD Content – Online Reference Works

  12. MAJOR REFERENCE WORK Links to other content Bibliographic Databases Primary Literature The StartingPointfor Research

  13. SD Content – Online Reference Works • Benefit of online functionality: Browsing

  14. SD Content – Online Reference Works • Benefit of online functionality: Browsing

  15. SD Content – Online Reference Works • Benefits of Online Functionality: search & direct links to full text

  16. SD Content – Online Reference Works Reference Links to Full Text or Abstract

  17. SD Content – Online Reference Works • Life Science • Encyclopedia of Cancer, 2nd Edition • Encyclopedia of Genetics • Encyclopedia of Hormones • Encyclopedia of the Human Brain • Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences • Encyclopedia of Virology • Encyclopedia of Endocrine Diseases • Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition • Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition • Physics • Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology, 3rd Edition • Encyclopedia of Energy • Ency of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry • Encyclopedia of Vibration • Earth & Environment Sciences • Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences • Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences • Encyclopedia of Separation Science • Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences • Encyclopedia of Plant Sciences • Psychology • Comprehensive Clinical Psychology (CCP) • Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy • Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology • International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (IESBS) • Encyclopedia of Social Measurement • Material Sciences • Comprehensive Composite Materials (CCM) • Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology (EMSAT) • Chemistry • Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry II • Comprehensive Structural Integrity • Treatise on Geochemistry • Other fields • Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences • Encyclopedia of Gastroenterology • Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition

  18. SD Content – Online Reference Works. Coming up by the end of the year. • Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences • Encyclopedia of International Media and Communication • Encyclopedia of Information Systems • Encyclopedia of Biodiversity • Encyclopedia of Immunology • Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry • Encyclopedia of Meat Sciences • Encyclopedia of Dairy Sciences • Encyclopedia of Rose Science • Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology • Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment • Encyclopedia of Grain Sciences

  19. SD Content – Online Books series

  20. SD Content – Online Books series • High quality collections of reviews and essays on current research in a particular field or a comprehensive overview of a topic. • Are published regularly, usually at least once per year. • Are similar to journals in content and structure. • Are highly cited and often have high usage per article.

  21. SD Content – Online Books series

  22. SD Content – Online Books series • Life Sciences package (33 titles) • Chimistry package (12 titles) • Business, Management and Economics packages (54 titles) • Methods in Enzymology (1 title) • Methods in Enzymology backfiles (1 title)

  23. SD Content – Integration Integrated searching…

  24. SD Usage Statistics Usage reporting includes Book Series and Reference Works http://usagereports.elsevier.com

  25. Soon to come… Handbooks series Handbooks are state-of-the art review of a scientific field.

  26. ScienceDirect Usage statistics in Greece

  27. ? 86 M 140 mln 53 M 85 mln Overall ScienceDirect Usage 9 million regular users

  28. Full Text Downloads in Greece since Jan 2001

  29. Full Text Downloads (Greece versus Southern Europe, Middle East & Africa)

  30. Full Text Downloads in Greece

  31. Full Text Downloads in Greece versus selected European countries – March-July 2004

  32. Full Text Downloads in Greece 2002-2003

  33. SCIRUS

  34. What is Scirus? • Free web search engine. • Available from ScienceDirect or from www.scirus.com • 150 million science-specific web pages. • Finds peer-reviewed articles as well as web pages. • Offers unique search functionalities.

  35. Full Text Downloads on ScienceDirect via Scirus (2003)

  36. Author output in Greece

  37. Number of Articles published by Greek authors since 1981 In 2002, 29.55% of articles published in Greece were published in Elsevier journals

  38. Number of Articles published by Greek authors since 1999 by disciplines

  39. Number of Articles published by Greek Institutions (2000, 2001, 2002)

  40. Most popular Elsevier journals in Greece from 1996 until 2002 (top 2) No 1: 127 articles articles published between 1996 and 2002 by Greek authors in: Physics Letter B No 2: 74 articles published between 1996 and 2002 by Greek authors in: Chemicals Physics Letters

  41. Most popular Elsevier journals in Greece from 1996 until 2002 (among the top 200). 39% of the top 200 most popular journals are Elsevier titles.

  42. What is hiding behind ScienceDirect ???

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