the importance of scholarly information in the research process Phile Govaert Business Development Director International Markets Date: September 2007 Elsevier continues to support Latin America’s improvements in it’s R&D efficiency and output Elsevier is a global player and a big investor in the S&T system globally and in Latin America Human Development in Latin America is not far behind the EU/US levels, Investments in R&D (spend per Capita) is not in line with the UK The R&D performance gap resulting from the investment disparity can best be seen in International rankings and article output …But Elsevier’s investments in online content delivery has boosted article output growth and enhanced productivity In the coming decade Elsevier will keep investing in high quality content and research tools supporting researchers innovative drive towards the future 2 Introduction Business Unit of Reed Elsevier PLC Elsevier, Reed Elsevier’s global Science & Medical division, is the leading provider of high quality scientific, technical and medical information to the academic, research and healthcare communities. 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Its prestige brands serve professionals across a diverse range of industries. 3 Introduction Elsevier has a long history of scientific publishing The Publishing House of Elzevir was first established in 1580 by Lowys (Louis) Elzevir Keeping to the tradition of publishing established by Lowys Elzevir, Jacobus George Robbers established the modern Elsevier Company in 1880 Among those authors who published with Elsevier are, Galileo, Erasmus, Descartes, Alexander Fleming, Julius Verne, Stephen Hawking 4 Introduction In 1638 Elzevir published Galileo Galilei’s greatest work Galileo published his “Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche, intoro a due nuoue scienze“ - his last work – with Elzevir despite being banned by the Inquisition and is recognized as the first important work of modern physics The publication of “Gray’s Anatomy” in 1858 was a landmark for the study of the human anatomy and in many ways for the whole of medicine The publication of the book, edited by Sir Alexander Fleming, about a revolutionary new antibiotic, “Penicillin: Its Practical Application”in 1946 5 Introduction Nobel prize winners published with Elsevier Niels Bohr Louis Pasteur Alexander Fleming Albert Einstein In history George F. 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Science & Technology Health Sciences Elsevier position: #1 Elsevier position: #1 Clinical Reference and Medicine Nursing and Health Professionals Science Journals (print Journals and Pharma and online) Communications Leading scientific Leading medical publisher publisher 1,800+ journals 8,000+ medical 7 million articles textbooks and available on reference works ScienceDirect Databases and software International 7 Books (print and online) Introduction …..and is a global player providing high quality content to more than 180 countries 7,000+ employees, 77 offices in 24 countries Sales in 180+ countries Serving 30 million+ scientists, students, health and information professionals 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books each year 8 Introduction Elsevier is the largest S&T publisher, with a diversified portfolio Scientific research articles Our scientific disciplines published 2005 2005 Environmental Other Commercial University Presses Science Earth Sciences Informa Other Social Sciences Life Sciences Wiley Mathematics & Computer Blackwell Science Elsevier Springer Physics Chemistry Learned & Chemical Materials Science Societies Engineering & Engineering 1 million+ English language research 250,000+ English language research articles published globally in 2005 articles published with Elsevier in 2005 9 Introduction Elsevier’s customers include the world’s leading research and academic institutions Academic Research 45% Institutions Government Research 32% Establishments Corporate Research 18% Labs Individual Researchers 5% 10 Introduction Journal publishing volume • 1,000 new editors per year • 18 new journals per year • 500,000+ article submissions per year • Organise editorial boards Solicit and • 200,000 referees • Launch new specialist • 1 million referee journals manage reports per year submissions • 7 million articles Archive and Manage • 40%-90% of now available promote peer review articles rejected • 10 million • 7,000 editors researchers • 70,000 editorial • 4,500+ Publish and Edit and board members institutions disseminate prepare • 6.5 million • 180+ countries author/publisher • 240 million+ Production communications per downloads per year year • 2.5 million print • 250,000 new articles produced per year 11pages per year • 180 years of back issues scanned, processed and data-tagged Introduction Journal publishing investments Author Gateway and Elsevier Editorial • Organise editorial boards Solicit and Systems • Launch new specialist $15 million journals manage submissions Archive and Manage promote peer review ScienceDirect Scopus Scirus Publish and Edit and eNewsletters and disseminate prepare eJournal Backfiles alerts eReference Works >$200 million Production $40 million Electronic Warehouse Production Tracking System 12 $15 million Estimated cumulative investment since 2000 $5 million Elsevier continues to support Latin America’s improvements in it’s R&D efficiency and output Elsevier is a global player and a big investor in the S&T system globally and in Latin America Human Development in Latin America is not far behind the EU/US levels, Investments in R&D (spend per Capita) is not in line with the UK The R&D performance gap resulting from the investment disparity can best be seen in International rankings and article output …But Elsevier’s investments in online content delivery has boosted article output growth and enhanced productivity In the coming decade Elsevier will keep investing in high quality content and research tools supporting researchers innovative drive towards the future 13 Development The Human Development Index is a measure indicating the level of development of countries compared to each other HDI 2004 (Rank) 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 1.1 Norway (1) Iceland (2) Australia (3) Italy (17) United Kingdom (18) Spain (19) Human Development Argentina (36) in The Latin American Uruguay (43) region is approaching Costa Rica (48) and surpassing the Mexico (53) dividing line between Brazil (69) Medium and High human development Peru (82) Niger (177) Medium Human High Human HDI = 1/3 (Life Expectancy Index) + 1/3 (Education Index) Development Development + 1/3 (GDP Index) 14 Development Economic and Population growth in LA are higher than in the UK, however R&D Spend and # of researchers are clearly lagging Population # of researchers (%) of total (X Mio) Growth rate (X Thousand) population united kingdom 0.3% 0.24% Italy 0.0% 0.12% Spain 0.1% 0.25% Brazil 1.0% 0.05% Mexico 1.2% 0.03% Argentina 0.9% 0.08% 0 50 100 150 200 0 50 100 150 200 GDP (PPP) R&D Spend (X Bln $) Growth rate (X Mio $) (%) of GDP united kingdom 3.2% 1.7% Italy 1.9% 1.1% Spain 3.9% 1.1% Brazil 3.7% 0.9% Mexico 4.8% 0.4% Argentina 8.5% 0.4% 15 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 0 10000 20000 30000 40000 Research is like running a marathon… Assets/ Laboratories The training and Physical A good position fitness of the athlete at the start (Indicated by (Research performance demographic data) High indicators) Performance Research Engine Resources/ Access to Researchers Content The Quality of your shoes (Elsevier provides high quality access) 16 Macro-economics The training and physical fitness of the athlete Paul Tergat Born: 17-06-1969 Nat.: Kenyan Smiling after having finished first in the 2003 marathon of Berlin in a new world- record of 2 hours 4 minutes and 55 seconds 17 Macro-economics The per capita R&D spend is significantly below the UK figures 2006 – GDP/Capita 2006 – R&D-spend/Capita 2.0 X 2.8 X 3.4 X 1.1 X 1.0 X 600 10.9 X 14.9 X 7.6 X 1.9 X 1.8 X 30000 550 500 $ 25000 $ 450 400 20000 350 300 15000 ?? 250 10000 200 150 5000 100 50 0 0 o l o zi UK zil UK Italy tina xic a pain Italy Bra Spain n e Br S Mexic ge M Argentina Ar Low and Medium developed countries can significantly increase their performance in R&D by increasing their investment per Capita to the UK-GDP/Capita ratio 18 Source: CIA world book of facts 2007, UNESCO, All values are against GDP(PPP) Elsevier continues to support Latin America’s improvements in it’s R&D efficiency and output Elsevier is a global player and a big investor in the S&T system globally and in Latin America Argentina Human Development in Latin America is not far behind the EU/US levels, Investments in R&D (spend per Capita) is not in line with the UK Brazil The R&D performance gap resulting from the investment disparity can best beMexico seen in International rankings and article output …But Elsevier’s investments in online content delivery has boosted article output growth and enhanced productivity Spain Italy In the coming decade Elsevier will keep investing in high quality content and research tools supporting researchers