Science Publishing An Elsevier Perspective Presented by: Carl Schwarz Location: Moscow Date:9 December 2006

Our Mission Become the leading high quality journals publisher and the best home for scientific authors and editors

Papers by Publisher (all subjects) (24.4%)

Elsevier…HistoryElsevier…History Elsevier’s name was inspired by the illustrious House of Elsevier, established in 1580 when Lowys (Louis) Elzevir began selling books to university scholars. Authors ranked among the outstanding scholars of the day, including Galileo, Erasmus and Descartes. Jacobus George Robbers, a Dutch bookseller and importer of English language books, founded the modern Elsevier Company in In the 1950s and 60s Elsevier took its first steps toward becoming a global company, establishing the Elsevier Publishing Company NV and the Elsevier Publishing Company in New York.

Publishing cycle Vision and Brand Top Authors Readership and Impact Publish and disseminate Edit and prepare Archive and promote Quality Research

Publishing investments Vision and Brand Top Authors Readership and Impact Publish and disseminate Edit and prepare Archive and promote Quality Research Author Gateway and Editorial Systems eJournal Backfiles eReference Works Production Tracking System ScienceDirect Scopus Scirus eNewsletters and alerts Electronic Warehouse

Publishing results Vision and Brand Top Authors Readership and Impact Publish and disseminate Edit and prepare Archive and promote Quality Research 500,000+ article submissions per year 8 million articles now available 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 processed and data-tagged 10 million researchers 4,500+ institutions 180+ countries 250 million+ downloads per year 2.5 million print pages per year

Some journals RECENTLY INCLUDED Russian Academy of Sciences

Science development in the World (2000 – 2006) China Russia Japan France Germany India Brazil S. Korea Taiwan Field Weighted Relative Impact Argentina Mexico Papers per year

Percentage of papers in the world USA: down from 31.4% to 28.8%

Russia subject fields

Relative impact of Russian Research by Publisher

Is Russian Science visible? Russia part of scientific community? – International Collaborations – Conferences – Referees – Editors Tradition of publishing both in Russian and English Publishers play a role

Russia in good position in journals NOTE: Y-axes different scales per plot

Use existing influence Many Russians on journal boards – Recognised in the scientific community Excellent advisors for how to get recognition – where to publish and how to get published

Thank you! Carl Schwarz Director International Publishing Development Elsevier