AMSTERDAM, February 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Continuous Focus on Enriching Central & South American and Social 
Science Content Coverage

Scopus(R), the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed 
literature and quality web sources with smart tools to track, analyze and 
visualize research, today announced that it will add 600 titles to its 
already extensive database of 15,000 peer-reviewed journals.

As scientific research becomes more interdisciplinary and global,
researchers increasingly face challenges to find all the information relevant
for their research. Since its inception, Scopus has committed itself to
helping researchers to overcome problems they face in their daily work. To
ensure it covers all information deemed relevant to scientific researchers,
Scopus has established a content strategy that puts the research community's
voice at its core. Users are invited to submit titles for inclusion
(http://www.info.scopus.com/suggesttitle) which are evaluated by librarians 
and researchers represented in the independent Content Selection & Advisory 
Board (CSAB).

"We believe the best way to identify relevant and high-quality content is
to work closely with the scientific community," states Niels Weertman,
Director Scopus. "On the basis of the titles they suggest and their 
evaluation of importance, relevance and quality, Scopus can decide what 
sources to include."

In total, over 1,700 titles were suggested by librarians and researchers
indicating the increasing importance placed on Scopus by the scientific
community. After extensive evaluation of all titles by the CSAB, 600 titles
were selected (35% of the suggested titles) to be added to Scopus in the
course of next year. These additional titles will become available at no
extra costs.

Despite the broad selection of suggested titles, there is a continuous
focus on content from emerging countries and Social Sciences. Almost 20% of
the new titles originate from Central & South America reflecting the growing
importance of this region's scientific output. In Social Sciences, 200 new
titles will be added to the already extensive coverage of 2,800 titles.

"Research publications from regions such as Latin-America and Asia are
increasingly becoming more essential to the research community," Niels
Weertman adds. "With these selected 600 titles from important evolving
scientific regions, we trust users can rely on Scopus to find all relevant
literature for their scientific research - today and in the future."

The Scopus CSAB is satisfied, "The strength of Scopus has to lie in the
fact that it covers scientific literature in targeted research areas," says
Ger Spikman, Head of Selection and Content Management at Wageningen
University Library, the Netherlands, and member of the Scopus CSAB. "This
strategy is also a prerequisite for Scopus' position in the market as a
relevant and current abstract and citation database. For us, Scopus is a
success when people tell us that they find all they need for their scientific
work or study in Scopus."

For an overview of all new titles, visit
http://www.info.scopus.com/detail/what/documents/titles2008.xls

About Scopus

Covering the world's research literature, Scopus is the largest abstract
and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources
with smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Scopus is designed
and developed with over 500 users and librarians internationally. Its unique
database contains abstracts and references from 15,000 peer-reviewed journals
from more than 4,000 publishers worldwide, ensuring broad interdisciplinary
coverage. In addition, Scopus not only offers users citation information
about the articles covered, but also integrates web and patent searches
directly from its clean and simple interface. Direct links to full-text
articles, library resources and other applications like reference management
software, make Scopus quicker, easier and more comprehensive to use than any
other literature research tool. For more information about Scopus please
visit http://www.info.scopus.com.

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and
medical information products and services. Working in partnership with the
global science and health communities, Elsevier's 7,000 employees in over 70
offices worldwide publish more than 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per
year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, such
as ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/), MD Consult 
(http://www.mdconsult.com/), Scopus (http://www.info.scopus.com/),
bibliographic databases and online reference works.

Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com/) is a global business headquartered in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands and has offices worldwide. Elsevier is part of
Reed Elsevier Group plc (http://www.reedelsevier.com/), a world-leading
publisher and information provider. Operating in the science and medical,
legal, education and business-to-business sectors, Reed Elsevier provides
high-quality and flexible information solutions to users, with increasing
emphasis on the Internet as a means of delivery. Reed Elsevier's ticker
symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and
ENL (New York Stock Exchange).

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