Chemistry Elite Banquet13 December 2007

Kee Siaw Pae 紀曉貝Elsevier Science & TechnologySales Director Taiwan

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“Contribute to the progress and application of science,

by delivering superior information products and tools

that build insights and enable advancement in research”

Our Overarching Objective

Global inputnetworks

7,000 editors

70,000 editorial board members

200,000 referees

500,000+ authors

Global output networks

15 million doctors, nurses and health

professionals

10 million+ researchers in 4,500

institutes

5 million students

NorthAmerica

47% Europe31%

Rest of World 5%

Asia Pacific16%

Global business

A Truly Global Network- A Very Valued Asset

Our global presence across all subjects

35% Papers

Source: ISI data

33% Citations

The Prestigious PartnersGerhard ErtlWinner of 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Roger D. Kornberg Winner of 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Yves Chauvin, Robert H. Grubbs, Richard R. SchrockWinners of 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Avram Hershko, Irwin Rose, Aaron CiechanoverWinners of 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Albert Einstein

Niels Bohr

Louis Pasteur

Madame Curie

Louis de Broglie

                 Alexander Fleming

Since the Nobel Prize began in 1901,

Elsevier has published more winners’ papers

than any other publisher

Current Trends and Development

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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

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. Ja-An Ho EDITOR of Talanta

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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Growth in Paper Output from 1997 to 2006

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Growth in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Growth in All Subjects

Source: Scopus Data

Elsevier is the most preferred publisher partner for Taiwan researchersElsevier is the first choice publisher for Taiwanese Researchers

(2006 Data shows 32% of Taiwanese authors chose 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

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eTransformation

= print= print + electronic= eOnly

• 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

1997 1999 2001 2003 2005

2001, 2003 and 2005 include migrated Harcourt content

Investment in Electronic Publishing

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Solicit and manage

submissionsManage

peer review

Production

Publish and disseminate

Edit and prepare

Archive and promote

• Organise editorial boards• Launch new specialist

journals

• Author Gateway and Elsevier Editorial Systems

• eJournal BackfileseReference Works

• Production Tracking System

• ScienceDirect, Scopus, Scirus, eNewsletters and alerts

Journal Publishing Investments

Estimated cumulative investment since 2000

• Electronic Warehouse

Portfolio of Elsevier Online Products in Chemistry

Entry Point for Research Information

Chemical Structure Links

Full-Text Links

Citation LinksFull-Text Links

8.7 million full-text articles online

Crossfire Beilstein and Gmelin

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Building Insights, Breaking Boundaries

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.

UNEP initiative provides access to major journals in the environmental sciences.

Digitizing the Science Legacy

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Other Initiatives 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)

• 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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• Add remaining backfiles, books, major reference works and primary research data – eBooks, lab data and visuals on ScienceDirect

Outcome: Expanded Content and Usage

Articles on ScienceDirectMillions

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Reply to Questions

Peer Review At least 2 reviewers for each manuscript; Single/ Double Blind Review Reviewers are asked to evaluate whether the manuscript :

Is original; Is methodologically sound Follows appropriate ethical guidelines Has results which are clearly presented and support the conclusions Correctly references previous relevant work

Contradiction or Delay, a further expert opinion will be sought. 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 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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Taiwan is Elsevier’s vital partner and we look forward to continuing partnership in

the years aheadThank You and Have a Nice Evening!

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