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Niels Bohr

Physics

Louis Pasteur

(Chemistry)

Alexander Fleming

Medicine

Albert Einstein Physics

George F. Smoot Physics

Roger D. Kornberg Chemistry

Craig C Mello

Medicine

John C. Mather Physics

Nobel Prize winners published with Elsevier

The Publishing House of Elzevir was first established in 1580 by Lowys Elzevir

Jacobus George Robbers established the modern Elsevier Company in 1880

Long Heritage of Publishing Leading Books

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`

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

Elsevier has a long heritage of publishing renowned works by leading authors and prize winners

Elsevier has a global reach, working with leading institutions and researchers to meet their different content needsElsevier has a global reach, working with leading institutions and researchers to meet their different content needs

…serving over 30 million scientists, students, health and

information professionals

More than 7,000 employees working at 77 offices in 24 countries…

Global partner…

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Elsevier understands and meets the content needs of leading academic, government and

commercial institutions

Share of Articles

Elsevier articles are the most used and most cited resources driving leading research

Elsevier

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Springer

WK T&F

Learned Societies

University press

Others

Elsevier

Wiley - Blackwell

Springer

WKT&F

Learned Societies

University press

Others

Elsevier’s journals are the world’s largest resource…

Share of Citations

… and are the most used and cited by the scientific community

Contribution to Research

Breadth & Depth(Number of articles)

Impact on Research(Number of citations)

Breadth & Depth(Number of articles)

Impact on Research(Number of citations)

~4,000 by 2008

Content on ScienceDirect todayContent on ScienceDirect today

~4 million articles

163 titles

51 titles

7 series

~4.7 million articles

2000 journals

•Handbooks

•Reference Works

•Book Series

•1995 - present

•Backfiles pre 1995

•eBooks

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Available Books on ScienceDirectAvailable Books on ScienceDirect

Book Series Reference WorksHandbooks

Books on ScienceDirect

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eBooks(new for 2007!)

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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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Chemical Engineering ~348

Chemistry ~304

Computer Science ~585

Earth and Planetary Sciences ~247

Energy ~38

Engineering ~931

Environmental Science ~113

Subject Area # of Books

Immunology and Microbiology ~114

Material Sciences ~186

Mathematics ~205

Medicine and Dentistry ~80

Neuroscience ~120

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science

~74

Physics and Astronomy ~112

Psychology ~193

Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine

~19

Academic Press

Butterworth-Heinemann (business, technology)

Syngress and Digital Press (computing)

Elsevier Science

Gulf Professional Publishing (petroleum / petrochemical processing)

Morgan Kaufmann (computer science)

Newnes (electrical / electronic engineering)

North-Holland (mathematics)

Pergamon

eBooks: Renowned Imprints… by superior authors

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Elsevier eBooks Major Publisher

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Elsevier authors

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Number of titles on ScienceDirect by subject

Mathematics 3%

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science

3%

Chemical Engineering 3%

Decision Sciences 2%

Energy 2% Economics, Econometrics and

Finance 3%

Business, Management and Ac ing 3%

Environmental Science 3%

Neuroscience 4%

Physics and Astronomy 4%

Chemistry 4%

Psychology 4%

Earth and Planetary Sciences 4%

Immunology and Microbiology 3%

Health Sciences 21%

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

9%

Engineering 7%

Social Sciences 6%

Agricultural and Biological Sciences

6%

Computer Science 5%

Materials Science 4%

ScienceDirect Content - Journals

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