Elsevier Editors News

Peer Review Survey 2009

Wed, 8 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT

One of the largest ever international surveys of authors and reviewers: the Peer Review Survey 2009 was recently conducted by Sense About Science. Preliminary findings were presented at the British Science Festival at Surrey University on September 8.

Winners of First Annual ProSPER.Net-Scopus Young Scientist Award Announced

Tue, 7 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Elsevier and The network for the Promotion of Sustainability in Postgraduate Education and Research (ProSPER.Net) Announce Winners of First Annual ProSPER.Net-Scopus Young Scientist Award.

Exclusive Webcast on Measuring Performance in Multidisciplinary Research Landscape

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Elsevier Hosts Exclusive Webcast on Measuring Performance in Multidisciplinary Research Landscape.

Elsevier to publish Energy for Sustainable Development

Sun, 5 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Journal of the International Energy Initiative targets policymakers, business leaders and researchers interested in the sustainable production and use of energy. Starting this month, Elsevier will publish the peer-reviewed quarterly Energy for Sustainable

Reference linking: a new service enabling reviewers to have direct access to referenced articles published by Elsevier, directly from the manuscript they are reviewing

Sat, 4 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Reference linking means that by clicking on the hyperlinks, listed alongside the referenced articles, reviewers are brought to the abstracts of those articles. Furthermore, depending on the reviewer's personal or their institute's subscription entitlement

ScienceDirect has introduced Document Download Manager, a new feature that enables researchers to download multiple full-text articles simultaneously

Fri, 3 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT

ScienceDirect, Elsevier's online STM platform, today announced that it has partnered with QUOSA to introduce the Document Download Manager, a new feature that enables researchers to download multiple full-text articles simultaneously.

The Elsevier Foundation is seeking grant proposals for its Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries and New Scholars programs

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Grant proposals for the programs are due by September 15, 2008. The grants will be awarded in December 2008 and provide one, two and three year awards between US$5,000 and US$50,000 per year.

Plagiarism detection software, CrossCheck, to be implemented after successful pilot

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Elsevier will implement CrossCheck, the plagiarism detection service offered by CrossRef in collaboration with iParadigms. With plagiarism a growing problem for journal editors, Elsevier has invested in CrossCheck to develop, pilot and implement, a single

Life Sciences launches global contest

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Elsevier Grand Challenge seeks innovative ideas for communicating scientific information.

Scopus announces launch of the Scopus Journal Analyzer

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Scopus has announced the launch of the Scopus Journal Analyzer, a new feature available to all subscribers that enables users to easily evaluate and compare journals using article and citation data. This new feature empowers researchers and librarians by

Reed Elsevier announces the sale of three remaining defence exhibitions

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Reed Elsevier has sold three defence exhibitions, DSEi, ITEC and LAAD to Clarion Events. This concludes Reed Elsevier's withdrawal from the defence exhibitions sector announced last year.

The Lancet launches child-survival report in South Africa

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

The Lancet launched its special edition on maternal and child mortality last month at a conference of policymakers, elected officials and health experts from around the world. The Countdown to 2015 took place during the 118th Assembly of the Inter-Parliam

Elsevier's contributions help spur scientific activity in developing world

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Elsevier collaborates with other scientific publishers and the World Health Organisation to provide free and low-cost health research to developing nations. Research now shows that these U.N.-sponsored programs are having a significant impact on advancing

New Publishing Ethics Resource Kit

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

New Publishing Ethics Resource Kit to support our editors in dealing with issues of plagiarism, article retraction and related legal and ethical issues.

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) announces partnership with Elsevier

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) has announced its partnership with Elsevier. More than 2000 journals, the full collection of Health Sciences and Science and Technology journals published by Elsevier have been added to the list of COPE members.

Grants to foster health and economic advancement in the developing world and help new scholars

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

The Elsevier Foundation is awarding 13 grants to libraries and academic institutions from around the world in support of their initiatives in science, technology and medicine. Recipients were selected for their innovative proposals and their potential to

With WiserWiki and a new Facebook application, Elsevier's innovators are testing new platforms for the sharing of medical knowledge

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Two of Elsevier's new Internet offerings offer free content to patients and the public: a medical wiki filled with information on all kinds of diseases and disorders, and a Patient Research application on Facebook that lets people view abstracts in Elsevi

ScienceDirect usage for 2007 exceeds expectations

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

ScienceDirect achieved 386 million downloads in 2007 - 23 million over the projected target and far exceeding the 18 million downloads achieved in 2000, when article downloads were first recorded. The steady growth was supplemented by a quicker-than-expec

E-Suite simplifies Authors' interaction with Elsevier

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Launching mid-November, E-Suite removes the burden of printing and faxing paper order forms for offprints and colour figures in print. E-suite will be rolled out over the coming months.

Elsevier has published a new statement about Access and Dissemination (Open Access)

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Elsevier and our partners in the scientific and health communities have a shared interest in encouraging wide access to authoritative, peer-reviewed scientific, technical and medical (STM) information. Disseminating scholarly information is fundamental to

The ScienceDirect journal homepages are now appearing on search results in Google, leading to higher page rankings and more exposure for Elsevier content

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Part of an ongoing process, this latest development represents the outcome of a project, released in April, to make the ScienceDirect journal homepages crawlable through Google. Separate from the indexing of the full text of the articles - due to complete

Publisher-author initiative results in lifting of restrictions on authors from Cuba, Iran and Sudan

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

In response to a lawsuit filed in cooperation with author advocacy group, PEN, the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has revised regulations that prohibited Americans from publishing works written by authors in publications

New content on Editors' Home: Updated information about plagiarism detection

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

The peer review process is at the heart of the success of scientific publishing. As part of our commitment to the protection and enhancement of the peer review process, Elsevier has an obligation to assist the scientific community in all aspects of publis

New Corporate Responsibility Report now available

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Reed Elsevier Corporate Responsibility Report now available online.

New Information on Editors' Home

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Editors' home has new information about our production process, our strategy and policies and ways we can help you support your reviewers.