This document provides an overview and update on Elsevier's SciVerse platform and its components, including SciVerse ScienceDirect, SciVerse Scopus, and SciVerse Hub. Key points include: SciVerse integrates ScienceDirect and Scopus content and enables third-party applications; SciVerse ScienceDirect now includes image search, integration with REFLECT and other tools, and collaboration with NextBio and PANGAEA; SciVerse Scopus has expanded arts and humanities coverage and new author evaluation and citation tracking tools; and SciVerse Hub provides a single search across ScienceDirect, Scopus and the web along with three embedded applications for all users.
4. What is SciVerse?
SciVerse empowers the research community to accelerate science by
opening ScienceDirect & Scopus content APIs for third-party application
development, enabling intelligent search and discovery across integrated
content from ScienceDirect, Scopus, and the scientific web
6. SciVerse
Scopus
SciVerse
ScienceDirect
SciVerse
Platform
August 28, 2010:
ScienceDirect and Scopus integrated on the SciVerse platform
• Single log-in provides access to all licensed
and free SciVerse products – Hub,
ScienceDirect, and Scopus.
• Increased interoperability and easier
navigation between solutions
• Image Search for full-text articles and
books (e.g. photos, tables, videos)
• Integration of REFLECT, the 2009 Grand
Challenge winner, offers contextual
information on proteins, genes and small
molecules within articles.
• Reference Work Helper links to relevant
reference works on ScienceDirect directly
connected to a selected article
• Author Evaluation tool visualizes author
data to aid collaboration or individual
assessment decisions
• Citation Tracker: it is now possible to
download citations from 20,000 records at
one time, and increase from 5,000.
7. Preview
of
SciVerse
Applications
SciVerse
Hub
Beta
On August 28, 2010, SciVerse Hub was launched with three free
Applications for all customers
• One search across a single index of
ScienceDirect, Scopus, and web content
• Three embedded applications for all users
that include:
• Methodology section search application
for full text articles
• Sentence matching application efficiently
assesses search results and displays query
words in the full sentences where they
appear
• Prolific author search application finds the
most “prolific authors” publishing articles
about search terms, linking into articles by
that author within Scopus.
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15. Collaboration is Key
• ScienceDirect collaborates with 3rd party providers to further
accelerate research
• Partnership with NextBio has enhanced ScienceDirect content in
the fields of life sciences, health sciences and chemistry
• ScienceDirect and PANGAEA have implemented reciprocal linking
between their respective content in earth system research.
16. Content with NextBio Functionality
… Enriched ScienceDirect content in
the fields of:
Life Sciences
Health Sciences
Chemistry
… Journals, Book Series,
Handbooks, and eBooks
… 1995 to present
17. Using ScienceDirect with NextBio
While viewing an article or book chapter on
ScienceDirect, the keywords from that
selected article or book chapter are matched
against NextBio’s biomedical ontologies.
Directly on the article page, researchers will
find the NextBio application which presents
key terms found in the selected article or book
chapter.
18. Using ScienceDirect with NextBio
The in-context pop-up allows
the researcher to quickly gain
an overview of the article
from the perspective of their
chosen term, and to quickly
link through to other
information.
19. Using ScienceDirect with NextBio
Clicking within the NextBio
application box allow for further
exploration of the subject based
on the trustworthy and publicly
available sources collected and
compiled by NextBio.
20. Using ScienceDirect with NextBio
On selecting a category
and source, results can be
further sorted and refined
21. What is PANGAEA?
• Publishing Network for Geoscientific & Environmental Data
• Information system that is aimed at archiving, publishing and
distributing georeferenced data from earth system research
22. PANGAEA Brings Data to ScienceDirect
Search for data in
PANGAEA
Look for
corresponding
article
(ScienceDirect)
27. What is Scopus?
The largest abstract and citation database
of research literature and quality web sources.
It provides users with comprehensive coverage
of leading peer reviewed literature.
40 million records
20 million cited records, 1996-present
20 million back files, 1823-1995
28. What does Scopus Cover?
16,500 peer reviewed journals
600 trade publications
350 book series
Extensive conference coverage
30. New! Arts and Humanities in Scopus
General
22%
History
17%
Other
15%
Visual/
Performing Arts
16%
Literature
30%
Increased coverage in the Arts and Humanities
Current
A&H
Content
~1600
titles
New
A&H
Content
~1450
titles
Scopus is now truly an “all-science database”
for large universities with strong A&H faculties
36. New Perspective on Journal Metrics
SCImago Journal Rank –
SJR
Source-Normalized Impact
per Paper – SNIP
INTRODUCING TWO JOURNAL METRICS
37. Metrics to Support User Needs
Need SJR SNIP
Manipulation-proof
All journals have a metric
Fair to database coverage
Metrics are current
Database transparency
Rank journals without Impact Factors
Metric transparency
Fair to all subject fields
Flexible ranking
http://www.info.scopus.com/News/content/latest
38. More on... SJR
SJR is a prestige metric – citations weighted depending on where they come from
- A journal transfers its prestige by citing
- Prestige transferred = journal’s SJR
e.g. Lancet SJR 2007 = 1.541 – high prestige
e.g. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports SJR 2007 = 0.153 – lower prestige
A journal’s prestige is shared equally between its citations
Life Sciences journal
• High impact, lots of citations
• One citation = low value
Arts & Humanities journal
• Low impact, few of citations
• One citation = high value
Normalize for
differences in
citation behaviour
between subject fields
39. More on... SNIP
Calculate ‘Citation Potential’ for 2009
1. Collect papers citing 1-3 year old papers
in target journal in 2009
2. Collect reference lists of citing papers
Etc.
3. Count number of references in citing papers
to any (in any journal) 1-3 year old papers
Etc.
4. Citation Potential = average number
of references to any 1-3 year old papers
SNIP = 2009 Impact / 2009 Citation Potential
• Life Sciences – high impact, high Citation Potential
• Arts & Humanities – low impact, low Citation Potential
Normalize for
differences in
citation behaviour
between subject fields
40.
41.
42. Scopus API
Through the Scopus API, any website can incorporate
Scopus' powerful search capabilities, high quality citation
data and up-to-date citation counts.
Why is this Important?
• Sourcing and providing accurate publication data
efficiently.
• The very best repositories often miss 40% of their
institute’s output.
Examples…
52. SciVerse Launched in Multiple Phases, 2010-11
Launch of SciVerse Platform and Hub Beta
August 28, 2010
♦ ScienceDirect and Scopus updated to the
SciVerse platform with increased
interoperability
♦ SciVerse Hub Beta and three embedded
Applications launched and available to
customers at no additional cost
Launch of APIs
August 28, 2010
♦ Limited API Beta release to
Development partners
November 2010
♦ APIs available to developers
Launch of SciVerse Applications Beta
November 2010
♦ SciVerse Applications Beta
available to select customers
February 2011
♦ SciVerse Applications Beta
available all customers
59. 2. Sentence matching application
efficiently assesses search results
and displays query words in the full
sentences where they appear
60. 3. Prolific author search application
finds the most “prolific authors”
publishing articles about search
terms, linking into articles by that
author within Scopus.
SciVerse Hub is a new product that, like its name, is the focal point for the researcher to access the new capabilities in SciVerse --
The integrated search capability in SciVerse is not the same as the capability the institution may have developed internally to sequentially conduct the same search in multiple databases.
Because SciVerse Hub contains a single index of all of the content in SD, SC and Scirus, search results are de-duplicated and ranked based on an algorithm that is similar to “Cross-Ref”. Results that appear highest on the list are most authentic – for example, those that are peer reviewed and/or published in a journal will appear higher than others with the same keyword matching.
SciVerse Hub is also the place where researchers will access the new applications on the previous slide, and any other applications they license in the future.
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If customer only has SD then the only change is that the single index won’t search Scopus.
ScienceDirect offers a dedicated image search with e.g., links to its location within the source article to easily understand the context. Users save time by not having to scan complete articles to find relevant images (e.g. figures, photos, tables, and videos)
For Life Science users SciVerse ScienceDirect offers articles enriched with contextual information on proteins, genes and small molecules as assembled by European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s service Reflect. Reflect recognizes proteins, genes and small molecules from web pages, and link them to information-rich summaries. These can now be found directly from within the SciVerse ScienceDirect article.
Related articles from Reference Works are offered on the right hand side of an article in order to connect essential and fundamental information from reference works on SciVerse ScienceDirect. In that way users can easily access related basic knowledge for broadening their perspective or better understanding a new and unfamiliar topic.
By clicking on the underlined key terms within the article, the researcher can zoom in on that term and find an overview of where the key term appears in the article, a description of that term, and related content.
e.g. locate key authors and their affiliations, view only tissue-related results, and/or select the full set or a limited number of results to name just a few options.
in earth and environmental science journals from
PANGAEA’s data library already links primary data related to journal articles from Elsevier and other publishers.
However, rather than searching for data in a repository and then looking for the corresponding article, a researcher is more likely to first find an article in a literature search, and then realize the need to access the corresponding data set.
When data sets are available for an article, a PANGAEA icon and link are displayed on the ScienceDirect article. By clicking on the icon…
…the user is taken to a page that includes citation information and a link to download the data. The data sets are freely available without a login or subscription.
In June 2009, Scopus doubled its Arts & Humanities content. We currently have about 4,000 A&H titles.
And before we wrap-up, I wanted to end with an exciting announcement. Starting in 2009,…
Currently the Scopus database contains 1,600 titles in A&H and related fields.
Many countries will be better represented as a result of these added titles and researchers will have enhanced access to international A&H content. Journal subjects include literature and literary theory (30% of new titles), general arts and humanities (22%), history (17%), visual/performing arts (16%), among others.
Something that Elsevier is very proud of is Scopus’ international journal coverage. It is very important to capture the surge in publication growth coming from developing countries. China has had a 505% growth in research output over the past 10 years
Independent Journal Metrics - to help researchers, librarians and decision-makers achieve their desired outcomes.
To improve the quality and impact of research, whether they perform research, disseminate it or fund it.
To answer a variety of questions, such as which journals to track, where to publish and how evaluate research outcomes.
Existing tools to compare journals do not fully meet the needs of the research community in terms of coverage, transparency and robustness.
Many institutions also find it difficult to comprehensively identify all published research produced by their researchers (especially those that are no longer with the institute).
Here is an example of how a customer at Hong Kong University uses Scopus API to highlight his achievements.
And this is an example of how Baystate Medical Center shows off recent faculty publications.
We encourage you to register your institute through the Scopus info cite.
By clicking on the “full text” icon within your Scopus search results, you are able to link to full-text articles on SD, enabaling comprehensive, in-depth retrieval of relevant literature for all subject areas.
Alternatively, if you link from an article in SD to Scopus, it will allow you to see the abstract and citation information brought to you by Scopus.
The new Scopus Alerts (Lite) application, which went live on Wednesday May 12, gives researchers mobile access to the Searching and Alerting features of Scopus. It’s designed to eliminate the need for scientists to seek out a desktop or laptop computer to search for quality research data while travelling, attending conferences or commuting to work. This mobile app includes some of Scopus’s most popular features. It allows researchers to: • Search across thousands of scholarly journals. • Share search results and article links through e-mail or Twitter. • Save important abstracts in one place for easy look-up.• Set up and review e-mail alerts for their favorite searches.• Set up e-mail alerts for when an author cites a particular article.• Annotate abstracts with their own notes.
Point out Methods Search application
Point Full Text, Abstract and External Icons
We plan to integrate all of our products and databases onto SciVerse. We will be starting with SciTopics with the 2011 launch of SciVerse.
SciTopics is a free, wiki-like knowledge-sharing service for the scientific community. It offers distilled, authoritative and up-to-date research summaries on a wide range of scientific topics.SciTopics is designed to be a starting point for researchers to gain an introductory overview of a particular topic, while also identifying sources for a more in-depth analysis and coverage of that topic. Unlike other web services for the scientific community, SciTopics does not focus on one specific scientific discipline, but is open to researchers from all scientific areas.SciTopics is characterized by the unique integration of content, searching & rowsing and community features, offering you a wide range of benefits as a researcher or student.
Find trustworthy scientific information on the web SciTopics embraces a strict editorial policy to control the scientific quality of the content. This policy includes authorship by invitation only, a ban on anonymous postings (or postings under alias), and general supervision by a group of subject specific editors. In addition, the SciTopics team gives all newly published pages a quick check for completeness, appropriateness, etc.