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Number of articles published by Iranian institutions since % of articles published by Iranian institutions are published in Elsevier journals. Source: Scopus

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ScienceDirect Content – Online Books Reference Works/ Encyclopedia Handbooks (NEW) 51 Titles 7 series 164 volumes Book Series 7 packages 163 titles

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Elsevier Reference Works 51 now available on Science Direct. Subscription option and upfront Payment option**. Available individually, no minimum purchase. Multi-title discount. ** Upfront Payment Option: You pay an upfront fee which is higher than the annual subscription fee but the years thereafter the customer only pays between 5%-8% annual fee (taken from the Upfront fee).

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Are part of an ongoing series. 7 series available Volume one to current issue Commissioning and invitation only 15 year life cycle Regularly updated as research work is cutting edge. Subject packages available: Chemistry, Life Science, Business/Econ, Social Sciences, Psychology Other individual titles available including Methods in Enzymology A compendium of definitive summaries, references and glossaries that act as an introduction to a subject area E.g. Encyclopaedias or Comprehensive Reference Works Available Books on ScienceDirect Book SeriesReference WorksHandbooks Books on ScienceDirect Nearly all of Elsevier’s academic book titles are included like: Academic and professional reference books, Text reference books, Closed Handbook Series, Closed Book Series and Monographs eBooks (new for 2007!)

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Number of full text requests in 2004 and 2005 in Iran Country Growth United States50,111,79460,273, % United Kingdom20,279,40723,517, % Japan14,201,60417,430, % France10,924,20213,093, % Korea10,684,73711,925, % China7,002,80610,311, % Canada7,681,62810,050, % Australia6,450,3728,759, % Brazil6,167,9217,189, % India5,051,4046,252, % Thailand5,074,9585,983, % Spain4,831,1175,944, % Germany5,251,0805,937, % Netherlands5,059,8895,794, % Turkey4,600,9315,291, % Islamic Republic of Iran2,825,6834,519, % Taiwan2,401,4514,274, % Sweden3,048,5503,520, % Switzerland3,036,4703,380, % Italy2,330,5602,967, % Iran ranks: -16 out of 96 countries -2 nd in terms of growth.

Represents browsing / searching Represents browsing Represents external linking Most common user sessions - where do users start to find articles? From Journal homepage (mainly via library website); then: - Recent or past issue. 35% From ScienceDirect Homepage; then: -Quick/advanced search or - Journal list/journal issue 18% ScienceDirect article (via external link ) 32%

Overview productivity gain TaskCurrent SD Revamped SD Gain Browse to all content in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 clicks1 click80% Browse to the articles in press of FEBS Letters 4 clicks2 clicks50% Browse through 2 issues of The Lancet6 clicks3 clicks50% Author search “Murray”5 clicks2 clicks60% Re-run a search4 clicks1 click75% Accessing alerts page3 clicks1 click67%

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