Elsevier Partners with Ukraine Ministry

August 25, 2013

Earlier this year, Elsevier demonstrated their increased willingness to embrace open access to academic information with their purchase of Mendeley. Now, the leading publisher of scholarly journals is helping to boost information access in the Ukraine. Yahoo Finance reports on this move in, “Elsevier Announces its Cooperation with the Ukranian Ministry of Education and Science to Extend Access to Scientific Information.” The press release informs us:

“Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced its cooperation with the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science in order to provide access to Elsevier’s scientific databases for sixty Ukrainian research institutions.

A Declaration of Intent for Cooperation has been signed by the Ministry of Education and Science and Elsevier. The agreement includes access to Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. The Ukrainian Ministry also intends to license ScienceDirect, Elsevier’s full-text platform for research literature and Elsevier’s SciVal research management solutions, which provide insights into research performance.”

Ukraine’s First Deputy Minister of Education and Science, Yevhen Sulima, expects the increased access will significantly boost Ukrainian research, in both quality and impact. For their part, the folks at Elsevier say they are pleased to be the first international publisher to work with the Ukrainian research community on this level. Not incidentally, the company’s sales director also hopes the deal will improve his company’s already considerable global ranking.

With over 2,000 journals and nearly 20,000 books under its belt, Elsevier is an undisputed leader in academic publishing. Based in Amsterdam, the company has been around for a very, very long time. Though launched as a modern publishing company as recently as 1880, the company takes its name from a publishing house founded in 1580 by the Dutch family, House of Elzevir.

Cynthia Murrell, August 25, 2013

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Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under Education, Government, News

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