Transcript Mid-Year Taiwan Sales Meeting

Chemistry Elite Banquet
13 December 2007
Kee Siaw Pae 紀曉貝
Elsevier Science & Technology
Sales Director Taiwan
Our Overarching Objective
“Contribute to the progress and application of science,
by delivering superior information products and tools
that build insights and enable advancement in research”
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A Truly Global Network- A Very Valued Asset
Global input
networks
Global output
networks
7,000 editors
15 million doctors,
nurses and health
professionals
70,000 editorial
board members
200,000
referees
500,000+
authors
10 million+
researchers in 4,500
institutes
5 million students
Global business
North
America
47%
Asia
Pacific
16%
Europe
31%
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Our global presence across all subjects
Percentage of Articles Published by Elsevier compared to the Overall STM output in Year 2005
80.00%
70.00%
60.00%
50.00%
40.00%
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
Source: ISI data
The Prestigious Partners
Gerhard Ertl
Winner of 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Roger D. Kornberg
Winner of 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Yves Chauvin, Robert H. Grubbs,
Richard R. Schrock
Winners of 2005 Nobel Prize in
Chemistry
Louis Pasteur
Louis de Broglie
Since the Nobel Prize
began in 1901,
Avram Hershko, Irwin Rose,
Elsevier
has published
Aaron
Ciechanover
Winners of 2004 Nobel Prize in
more winners’ papers
Chemistry
than any other publisher
Alexander Fleming
Albert Einstein
Niels Bohr
Madame Curie
Current Trends and Development
Scientific Publishing as of today in Taiwan
• About 200 researchers are current or former partners
of Elsevier Editorial Board
• Taiwanese researchers choose Elsevier to publish
32% of their papers (Source: ISI Data)
• 89,000 researchers in 2005, increased by 25% since
2002 (Source: National Science Council)
• Research Output has grown by 115% since 1997
(Source: Scopus Data)
• 64% increase from 2002 to 2005
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Appreciation to Elsevier Editors
梁博煌教授
Prof.
Po-Huang Liang
 EDITOR of BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY
陳竹亭教授
Prof.
Jwu-Ting Chen
 EDITOR of Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
牟中原教授
Prof.
Chung-Yuan Mou
 EDITOR of Applied Catalysis A: General
何佳安教授
Prof.
 EDITOR of Talanta
Ja-An Ho
廖俊臣教授
Prof.
Chun-Chen Liao
 EDITOR of Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C:
Photochemistry Reviews
Taiwan Research Output Performance in
the last decade
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25,000
115%
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93%
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Year
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Source: Scopus Data
Growth in Paper Output from 1997 to 2006
500%
458%
400%
312%
300%
192% 201%
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115%
93%
89%
101%
18%
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Taiwan
Korea
Mainland
C hina
Japan
-1%
12%
United
States
11%
36%
United
Kingdom
29%
24%
26%
11%
Germany
India
Sweden
-100%
Growth in C hemistry and C hemical Engineering
Growth in All Subjects
Source: Scopus Data
Elsevier is the most preferred publisher
partner for Taiwan researchers
Elsevier is the first choice publisher for Taiwanese Researchers
(2006 Data show s 32% of Taiw anese authors c hose Elsevier to publisher their papers)
32%
ELSEVIER
Wiley-Blackwell
Springer
AIP
IEEE
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INFORMA
Wolters Kluwer
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS INTE
Others
Source: ISI data
eTransformation
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
= print
= print + electronic
= eOnly
2001, 2003 and 2005 include migrated Harcourt content
• In the 1990s, Elsevier made a huge
technology investment to build
ScienceDirect, launched in 1997
• Revolutionize the way researchers
access information
•Desktop access
•Articles in Press
• Change the traditional job scopes of
libraries
•Usage analysis
•Repositories
•Interaction with users
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Investment in
Electronic Publishing
Journal Publishing Investments
• Organise editorial boards
• Launch new specialist
journals
• ScienceDirect,
Scopus,
Scirus,
eNewsletters
and alerts
Archive and
promote
Solicit and
manage
submissions
Publish and
disseminate
• Author Gateway and
Elsevier Editorial Systems
Manage
peer review
Edit and
prepare • eJournal Backfiles
eReference Works
Production
• Electronic Warehouse
• Production Tracking System
Estimated cumulative investment since 2000
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Portfolio of Elsevier Online Products in
Chemistry
Chemical
Structure Links
Crossfire Beilstein and Gmelin
Entry Point for Research Information
Full-Text Links
Full-Text Links
Citation Links
8.7 million full-text articles online
Building Insights, Breaking Boundaries
UNEP initiative provides access to major journals
in the environmental sciences.
WHO initiative provides access to
the major journals in biomedical
and related social sciences.
FAO initiative provides access to journals
in the agriculture, biological, and social
sciences.
Elsevier provides free or very low cost access to more than
1000 of its journals to public institutions in over 100
developing countries.
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Digitizing the Science Legacy
Other Initiatives
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Provides seamless linking among more than 6000
electronic scholarly journals from 330 publishers.
Elsevier provides approximately 25% of the
CrossRef operating budget.
Elsevier is a leader in establishing an online official trusted third
party archive at the National Library of the Netherlands.
Developing similar arrangements with libraries in other countries
(e.g. PORTICO, CLOCKSS)
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The Elsevier Foundation supports the broader scientific, technical and
medical communities we serve, as well as the many local communities
where our employees live and work.
www.elsevierfoundation.org
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Outcome: Expanded Content and Usage
Elsevier articles published
ScienceDirect article downloads
Articles on ScienceDirect
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• Add remaining backfiles, books, major reference works and primary research data
– eBooks, lab data and visuals on ScienceDirect
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Reply to Questions
Peer Review
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At least 2 reviewers for each manuscript; Single/ Double Blind Review
Reviewers are asked to evaluate whether the manuscript :
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Contradiction or Delay, a further expert opinion will be sought.
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Is original; Is methodologically sound
Follows appropriate ethical guidelines
Has results which are clearly presented and support the conclusions
Correctly references previous relevant work
All our reviewers sign a conflict of interest statement.
Reviewers advise the editor, who is responsible for the final decision to accept or
reject the article
A final decision to accept or reject the manuscript will be sent to the author along
with any recommendations made by the reviewers
Reviewers are matched to the paper according to their expertise
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Recommendation on Reviewers by Authors is possible
Academics interested in becoming a reviewer can write to the respective editorial
office
ScienceDirect Access in Taiwan
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No. of account
Med/Hlth SDOS
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Med/Hlth SDOL
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Acad SDOS
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Taiwan is Elsevier’s vital partner and we
look forward to continuing partnership in
the years ahead
Thank You and Have a Nice Evening!
Are There Too Many Journals?
R&D Workers, Journals and Articles
Index (1981=1.00)
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More Researchers
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US r&d w orkers
journals
articles
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1982
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No of titles launched and still extant 2001
Journal Growth From 1665-2004
cagr 3.46%
R2 = 0.9877
10000
Growing at ~ 3.5% by title
More Journals
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1765
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