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{{short description|Website for accessing scientific and medical publications}}
{{Short description|Website for accessing scientific and medical publications}}
{{Infobox bibliographic database
{{Infobox bibliographic database
| title = ScienceDirect
| title = ScienceDirect
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| producer = [[Elsevier]]
| producer = [[Elsevier]]
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| history = {{start date and age|1997|3|12}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whois.domaintools.com/sciencedirect.com|title=ScienceDirect.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools|work=[[WHOIS]]|access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref>
| history = {{start date and age|1997|3|12}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whois.domaintools.com/sciencedirect.com|title=ScienceDirect.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info – DomainTools|work=[[WHOIS]]|access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref>
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| cost = Subscription & open access
| cost = [[Subscription business model|Subscription]] and open access
| disciplines = Science
| disciplines = Science
| depth = Index, abstract & full-text
| depth = Index, abstract & full-text
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'''ScienceDirect''' is a website which provides access to a large [[bibliographic database]] of scientific and medical publications of the Dutch publisher [[Elsevier]]. It hosts over 18 million pieces of content from more than 4,000 [[academic journal]]s and 30,000 [[e-books]] of this publisher.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sciencedirect.com/| title= ScienceDirect |access-date=17 February 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.relxgroup.com/investorcentre/reports%202007/Documents/2014/relxgroup_ar_2014.pdf|title=2014 RELX Annual Reports and Financial Statements|last=Reller|first=Tom|website=RELX Group|publisher=[[RELX Group]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319005511/http://www.relxgroup.com:80/investorcentre/reports%202007/Documents/2014/relxgroup_ar_2014.pdf|archive-date=March 19, 2015|access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> The access to the full-text requires subscription, while the bibliographic metadata is free to read.
'''ScienceDirect''' is a website that provides access to a large [[bibliographic database]] of [[Scientific literature|scientific]] and [[Medical literature|medical publications]] of the Dutch publisher [[Elsevier]]. It hosts over 18 million pieces of content from more than 4,000 [[academic journal]]s and 30,000 [[e-books]] of this publisher.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sciencedirect.com/| title= ScienceDirect |access-date=17 February 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.relxgroup.com/investorcentre/reports%202007/Documents/2014/relxgroup_ar_2014.pdf|title=2014 RELX Annual Reports and Financial Statements|last=Reller|first=Tom|website=RELX Group|publisher=[[RELX Group]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319005511/http://www.relxgroup.com:80/investorcentre/reports%202007/Documents/2014/relxgroup_ar_2014.pdf|archive-date=March 19, 2015|access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> The access to the full-text requires subscription, while the bibliographic [[metadata]] is free to read. ScienceDirect is operated by Elsevier. It was launched in March 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://partners.nytimes.com/library/cyber/euro/030497euro.html |title=Building the World's Largest Scientific Database |work=[[New York Times]] |date=4 March 1997 |access-date=14 March 2014 |author=Giussani, Bruno}}</ref>
ScienceDirect is operated by the British-Dutch publisher [[Elsevier]]. It was launched in March 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://partners.nytimes.com/library/cyber/euro/030497euro.html |title=Building the World's Largest Scientific Database |work=[[New York Times]] |date=4 March 1997 |access-date=14 March 2014 |author=Giussani, Bruno}}</ref>


== Usage ==
== Usage ==
The journals are grouped into four main sections:
*''[[Physical Sciences]] and [[Engineering]]''
*''[[Life Sciences]]''
*''[[Health Sciences]]''
*''[[Social science|Social Sciences]] and [[Humanities]]''.


The journals are grouped into four main sections: ''Physical Sciences and Engineering'', ''Life Sciences'', ''Health Sciences'', and ''Social Sciences and Humanities''. Article abstracts are freely available, and access to their full texts (in [[PDF]] and, for newer publications, also [[HTML]]) generally requires a subscription or [[pay-per-view]] purchase unless the content is freely available in open access.
[[Abstract (summary)|Article abstracts]] are freely available, and access to their full texts (in [[PDF]] and, for newer publications, also [[HTML]]) generally requires a subscription or [[pay-per-view]] purchase unless the content is freely available in open access.


Subscriptions to the overall offering hosted on ScienceDirect, rather than to specific titles it carries, are usually acquired through a so called [[Big deal (subscription model)|big deal]]. The other [[Big Five (publishers)|big five]] have similar offers.
Subscriptions to the overall offering hosted on ScienceDirect, rather than to specific titles it carries, are usually acquired through a so called [[Big deal (subscription model)|big deal]]. The other [[Big Five (publishers)|big five]] have similar offers.


ScienceDirect also competes for audience with other large aggregators and hosts of [[scholarly communication]] content such as academic social network [[ResearchGate]] and [[open access repository]] [[arXiv]], as well as with fully [[open access]] publishing venues and [[megajournal]]s like [[PLOS]].
ScienceDirect also competes for audience with other large [[Search aggregator|aggregators]] and hosts of [[scholarly communication]] content such as academic social network [[ResearchGate]] and [[open access repository]] [[arXiv]], as well as with fully [[open access]] publishing venues and [[mega journal]]s like [[PLOS]].

ScienceDirect also carries ''[[Cell (journal)|Cell]]''.


== See also ==
== See also ==
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== References ==
== References ==
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== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==
* {{cite journal|doi=10.1007/s11192-015-1779-z|title=Relationships between consumption, publication and impact in French universities in a value perspective: A bibliometric analysis|year=2016|last1=Boukacem-Zeghmouri|first1=Chérifa|last2=Bador|first2=Pascal|last3=Lafouge|first3=Thierry|last4=Prost|first4=Hélène|journal=Scientometrics|volume=106|pages=263–280|s2cid=8897085|url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01272124/file/Article-ROI_Boukacem_Scientometrics2015%20corrected%20complet-1.pdf}}
* {{cite journal|doi=10.1007/s11192-015-1779-z|title=Relationships between consumption, publication and impact in French universities in a value perspective: A bibliometric analysis|year=2016|last1=Boukacem-Zeghmouri|first1=Chérifa|last2=Bador|first2=Pascal|last3=Lafouge|first3=Thierry|last4=Prost|first4=Hélène|journal=Scientometrics|volume=106|pages=263–280|s2cid=8897085|url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01272124/file/Article-ROI_Boukacem_Scientometrics2015%20corrected%20complet-1.pdf}}
* {{cite journal|hdl=10760/19670|hdl-access=free|url=http://eprints.rclis.org/19670/|title=Usage data, e-journal selection and negotiations: Iranian consortium experience|date=2013|first1=Ebrahim|last1=Emrani|first2=A.|last2=Moradi-Salari|first3=Hamid R.|last3=Jamali}}
* {{cite web|hdl=10760/19670|hdl-access=free|url=http://eprints.rclis.org/19670/|title=Usage data, e-journal selection and negotiations: Iranian consortium experience|date=2013|first1=Ebrahim|last1=Emrani|first2=A.|last2=Moradi-Salari|first3=Hamid R.|last3=Jamali}}
* {{cite journal|doi=10.1002/leap.1142|title=The Science ''Direct'' accessibility journey: A case study|year=2018|last1=Gies|first1=Ted|journal=Learned Publishing|volume=31|pages=69–76|doi-access=free}}
* {{cite journal|doi=10.1002/leap.1142|title=The Science ''Direct'' accessibility journey: A case study|year=2018|last1=Gies|first1=Ted|journal=Learned Publishing|volume=31|pages=69–76|doi-access=free}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Official website|www.sciencedirect.com}}
* {{Official website}}


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Latest revision as of 15:28, 10 June 2024

ScienceDirect
ProducerElsevier
HistoryMarch 12, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-03-12)[1]
Access
CostSubscription and open access
Coverage
DisciplinesScience
Record depthIndex, abstract & full-text
Format coverageBooks, journals
Geospatial coverageWorldwide
Links
Websitewww.sciencedirect.com Edit this at Wikidata

ScienceDirect is a website that provides access to a large bibliographic database of scientific and medical publications of the Dutch publisher Elsevier. It hosts over 18 million pieces of content from more than 4,000 academic journals and 30,000 e-books of this publisher.[2][3] The access to the full-text requires subscription, while the bibliographic metadata is free to read. ScienceDirect is operated by Elsevier. It was launched in March 1997.[4]

Usage[edit]

The journals are grouped into four main sections:

Article abstracts are freely available, and access to their full texts (in PDF and, for newer publications, also HTML) generally requires a subscription or pay-per-view purchase unless the content is freely available in open access.

Subscriptions to the overall offering hosted on ScienceDirect, rather than to specific titles it carries, are usually acquired through a so called big deal. The other big five have similar offers.

ScienceDirect also competes for audience with other large aggregators and hosts of scholarly communication content such as academic social network ResearchGate and open access repository arXiv, as well as with fully open access publishing venues and mega journals like PLOS.

ScienceDirect also carries Cell.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ScienceDirect.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info – DomainTools". WHOIS. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  2. ^ "ScienceDirect". Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  3. ^ Reller, Tom. "2014 RELX Annual Reports and Financial Statements" (PDF). RELX Group. RELX Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 19, 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  4. ^ Giussani, Bruno (4 March 1997). "Building the World's Largest Scientific Database". New York Times. Retrieved 14 March 2014.

Further reading[edit]

External links[edit]

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