SciVerse Lunch & Learn

University at AlbanyNovember 12th, 2010

Agenda

• Introducing the SciVerse Platform

• SciVerse Hub

• SciVerse Applications

• SciVerse ScienceDirect Updates

• SciVerse Scopus Updates

• Admin Tool

• Q&A

What is SciVerse?

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

What is SciVerse?• Integrated Content & Discovery Tools• Productivity-Enhancing Applications

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mAugust 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.

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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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SciVerse Hub

The New SciVerse Hub features one search...

SciVerse Launched in Multiple Phases, 2010-11

Launch of SciVerse Platform and Hub BetaAugust 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 APIsAugust 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

SciVerse Applications

Libraries can become focal point for applications

Openness and Interoperability

Access to APIs and creating an ecosystem that brings together core base of users

and tools to build applications

Three embedded applications for all users that include: 1. Methodology section search application for full- text articles

2. Sentence matching application efficiently assesses search results and displays query words in the full sentences where they appear

3. Prolific author search application finds the most “prolific authors” publishing articles about search terms, linking into articles by that author within Scopus.

SciVerse ScienceDirect

ScienceDirect

• ScienceDirect is Elsevier’s extensive and unique full text database that covers authoritative titles from the core scientific literature.

• More than nine million full-text articles from 2,500 journals and 11,000 books are available in ScienceDirect, making up 25% of the world’s STM literature.

The New SciVerse ScienceDirect

Image Search results in SciVerse ScienceDirect

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

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

Using ScienceDirect with NextBioWhile 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.

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.

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.

Using ScienceDirect with NextBioOn selecting a category and source, results can be further sorted and refined

New! ScienceDirect for iPhone!

SciVerse Scopus

What is Scopus?

The largest abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources.It provides users with comprehensive coverageof leading peer reviewed literature.

40 million records20 million cited records, 1996-present20 million back files, 1823-1995

What does Scopus Cover?

16,500 peer reviewed journals600 trade publications350 book seriesExtensive conference coverage

Multi-disciplinary Subject Coverage

Life Sciences Social Sciences

Over 5,000 Publishers

Physical Sciences

7,200 6,800 4,300 5,300

Health Sciences

New! Arts and Humanities in Scopus

General22%

History17%

Other15%

Visual/ Performing Arts

16%

Literature30%

Increased coverage in the Arts and Humanities

Current A&H Content~1600titles

New A&H Content~1450titles

Scopus is now truly an “all-science database” for large universities with strong A&H faculties

International Journal Coverage

North America

37%

South America

1%

Europe, Middle East & Africa

50%

Asia, Australia, and Pacific

12%

The New SciVerse Scopus

The New Author Evaluator Tool

The New Author Evaluator Tool

The Enhanced Citation Tracker

Journal Metrics

Compare up to ten journals at one time

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 prestigee.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 citations• One citation = high value

Normalize for differences in citation behaviour between subject fields

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

SHOW ME THE DATA

Published online doi:10.1083/jcb.200711140The Journal of Cell Biology, Vol. 179, No. 6, 1091-1092The Rockefeller University Press, 0021-9525 © Rossner et al

“Just as scientists would not accept the findings in a scientific

paper without seeing the primary data, so should they not rely on (the) impact factor, which is based on hidden data. As more publication and citation data become available, we hope that people will begin to develop their own metrics for assessing scientific quality rather than rely on an ill-defined and manifestly unscientific number.”

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…

New! Scopus for iPhone!

Questions?

info.sciverse.com

Admin Tool

For additional help or information:

• Check the ‘Help’ section on every page of ScienceDirect, Scopus and the Admin Tool

• Helpful websites:

-SciVerse, ScienceDirect and Scopus Info Site: info.sciverse.com

-Admin Tool Info Site: info.admintool.elsevier.com

-More on SJR & SNIP: journalindicators.com & scimagojr.com

-For free live or prerecorded trainings: trainingdesk.elsevier.com

• For further information please contact the E-Helpdesk at usinfo@elsevier.com or 1-888-615-4500

Thank You!

Rachel McCulloughAccount Development Managerr.mccullough@elsevier.com