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Empowering Research with Elsevier

Trainer : Nattaphol Sisuruk

Elsevier Training Consultant,

Research Solutions

E-mail : sisuruk@yahoo.com
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Session Outline
1. Introduction to Elsevier Research Platforms

1.1 What is Elsevier Research Platforms ?

2. Searching for Research Contents

2.1 Research Article 2.3 Research Enrich & Events 2.5 Research Funding
2.2 Research Images 2.4 Research Datasets 2.6 Research Careers

3. Research Reference and Writing Management

3.1 Reference Management 3.2 Research Writing

4. Elsevier Training Survey

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Introduction to
Elsevier Research Platforms
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ELSEVIER is a leading Science & Health Information Provider

CONTENTPROVISION E CONTENT PROVISION RESEARCH MGMT
SEARCH & DISCOVERY /PROMOTION
TOOLS

Niels Louis Alexander Albert George F. John C. Roger D. Craig C Mello

Fleming Einstein Smoot Mather Kornberg Medicine
Bohr Physics Pasteur
Medicine Physics Physics Physics Chemistry
(Chemistry)

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Globally recognised high impact content

Disseminate

Global Elsevier Citations Total STM reference,

publication & citations
Elsevier share

Coverage: Approximately
5,000 publishers
Other Get cited

Publisher A

Publisher B

Certify
Certify Investigate
Global Elsevier Publications Global References to Elsevier

Elsevier Elsevier
Publish Cite

Other Publisher A
Other Publisher A

Publisher B 24 Citations Per Paper: Publisher B

27% of all references

2010-2014

Global team Publisher References Publications Citations

74 offices in 24 countries Elsevier 56,304,346 1,888,115 45,990,748
Publisher A 15,738,334 1,221,036 22,374,220
7,000 Journal Editors
Publisher B 23,064,330 747,976 18,298,048
70,000 Editorial Board Members Other 116,371,011 5,261,600 95,192,376
600,000 authors Totals 211,478,021 9,118,727 181,855,392
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Elsevier Research Platforms

: Researchers seek a digital environment where ideas can be exchanged,

examined, and applied with tools that empower STM knowledge.

To find and analyze data from over 5000

publishers

Access the leading eBooks and journal

articles published by Elsevier

Manage your research and showcase your

profile via free services

:These platforms make data and content easier to search, access, analyze, and share.
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Elsevier is engaging across

the research workflow
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Searching Research Contents

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Research Article / Images / Enrich & Events

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Exploring Literature

Time (in hours): Approximately how much time last week did you spend on the following activities?

Annotating
Keeping up-to- Searching online Developing Reviewing Obtaining in-
Managing Reading research articles
date with your scientific hypotheses for manuscripts depth knowledge
research articles research and keeping a
field literature investigation (peer review) on a subject
record of these

1. Reading research
2. Keeping up-to-date with your field The researchers
3. Searching online scientific literature challenge is in
4. Obtaining in-depth knowledge on a subject these use cases

Source: Researcher Behaviour, June 2014, Customer Insights

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A researcher reads > 300 articles per year

.of which, 3.5 hours is spent
Researchers spend an average searching for research articles and
10 hours per week searching 5.5 hours reading.
for and reading articles Researchers in Chemistry and
Life Science spend longer than
3.7 Hrs spent average searching for articles
and chemists spend longer
SEARCHING for reading
Younger researchers spend >
articles per week 4hrs a week searching.
Researchers from China spend
longer searching (six hours)
and reading (nine hours)
articles than any other country.
5.6 Hrs spent n=4,225
READING articles per
week
A researcher typically reads six articles per week.
Chemists read nine per week. Mathematicians
read four articles per week. 6 articles read
China-based researchers read one more than per week
average per week (7 articles).
After searching and reading for 10 hrs per week
only 42% of the papers read are considered 42% regarded as
important. important
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Researchers identify a clear difference between the

content found in books vs. journal articles
Books and journal articles provide different types of content, but for this reason they are
fundamentally interlinked: researchers need both to build their knowledge around a topic.

BOOK ARTICLE
CONTENT CONTENT
Breadth Connecting Depth in Growing
Disciplines Disciplines

Fundamental knowledge Specialised knowledge

Comprehensive Specific focus
Learning tool Extreme depth
Wide angle Latest research / new results
New topic or recapping old areas Applying techniques
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Uses of Elsevier eBooks and Journals

Journals Primary research Journal Articles

Latest
Advances
Summary of journal
Journal Review Articles
articles on a topic

Highly cited publications offering in-

depth explorations of developments Serials Latest
in a field Advances
Complete, advanced and detailed descriptions providing
depth in subject areas
Deepen
Books eBooks knowledge
Compendiums of information / data sets for field or techniques,
providing quick answers on the job Methods &
Processes
Pedagogical examination or didactic presentation of key
Textbooks
subject area concepts and methods
Fundamentals
Comprehensive, foundational introduction Major Reference
to a discipline; encyclopedias Works Definitions

Relevance of information over time

Books are the knowledge repository from which we learn.
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What is Scopus ?
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed
research literature from around the world. It is the core data source of
Elsevier Research Intelligence solutions, and used by academics,
government researchers and corporate R&D professionals who need a
comprehensive and efficient place to search, discover and analyze
research.

Over 22,000 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers and 105
different countries

Over 65 million records, 24 million patents from 5 patent offices worldwide

All content is vigorously vetted by an independent, 15-person, international

board of experts called the Content Selection and Advisory Board (CSAB)

More than 3,000 customers worldwide in all geographic regions

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Search Functions

Refine
Search
Parameters
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Scopus Advanced Search

Advanced search box
allows combining of
many codes, using
operators which
allows for complex
searches

Outline query
breaks lines at
logical points which
helps structure the
search and identify
errors Operators and field
codes can be
selected here, or
typed into the box
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Advanced Search Field Codes 71!!

ALL CONFNAME MANUFACTURER

ABS CONFSPONSORS ORCID
AF-ID DOCTYPE (XX) PAGEFIRST
DOI
AFFIL PAGELAST
EDFIRST
AFFILCITY PAGES
EDITOR
AFFILCOUNTRY PMID
EDLASTNAME
AFFILORG PUBDATETXT
EISSN
ARTNUM PUBYEAR
EXACTSRCTITLE
AU-ID REF
FUND-ALL
AUTH SEQBANK
FIRSTAUTH
AUTHFIRST SEQNUMBER
FUND-SPONSOR
AUTHLASTNAME SRCTITLE
FUND-ACR
AUTHCOLLAB SRCTYPE (XX)
FUND-NO
AUTHKEY SUBJAREA(XX)
INDEX
BOOKPUB TITLE
INDEXTERMS
CASREGNUMBER TITLE-ABS
ISBN
CHEM TITLE-ABS-KEY
ISSN
CHEMNAME ISSNP TITLE-ABS-KEY-AUTH
CODEN ISSUE TRADENAME
CONF KEY VOLUME
CONFLOC LANGUAGE WEBSITE
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1 Refine Search 2 Mendeley/ Download/ Citation 3 Abstract/

Sorting Option 4
Results Overview/ View Cited by / Article Record
(Date or Number of
Alert Setting / View Citations)
References etc
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Refine Results by
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NEW Feature Article
Author/Article Metrics Module
Information

Abstract
Keywords Cited by documents
Funding Set Citation Alert

Metadata Related Documents

Reference
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Article Metric Module : Every article in Scopus has metrics

Article Metrics Module

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www.mendeley.com Sign in to Homepage

Easily registration for new user

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What is Mendeley ?
Mendeley is a free cross-platform application
(Windows,OSX,Linux,iOS,Android) that helps you to search the
crowdsourced database data as well as to organize and manage the
materials you rely on to do your research.

Mendeley also allows you to promote yourself and your research while
connecting with over 6 million other users like-minded researchers from
around the world and a unique layer of social research information including
an Open API.

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What is Mendeley?

Free Academic Software

Cross-Platform (Win/Mac/Linux)

All Major Browsers

Mobile

Desktop

Web

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Welcome to Mendeley Web

Main menu

Feed in Mendeley

Install Mendeley Desktop

and Supporting Site
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Papers Search in Mendeley

Searching Bar

Support Tools

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Article Page in Mendeley

Research Metrics & Get Full Text

Abstract & Keyword

Document
Citation & Style

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What is ScienceDirect ?
ScienceDirect is the leading full-text scientific database offering
journal articles and book chapters including to sophisticated search and
retrieval tools.

Over 14 million articles are available online, including Articles in Press

More than 3,800 journals , covering 24 major disciplines cross Scientific, Technical,
Medical (STM) and Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH)
Over 35,000 books published by Elsevier including Major Reference Works, eBooks, Books
Series and Hand Books
Publishes over 25% of the worlds full-text scientific journals with several high-profile journal
titles such as Cell, The Lancet, Tetrahedron and Grays Anatomy
Including content integrated from a variety of external sources in the form of audio, video
and dataset

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Basic Search

Search effectively supports the four most frequent

research tasks and is available on every page:

Related articles by searching specific keywords

A specific author name
A specific journal/book title
A specific article by publication/ vol./ issue/ page search
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Refine Result in SD
1. Years
2 2. Article type
3. Publication Title
4. Access type

1 2 3 Display Article Content 4

Search Result Refine Filters Suggested Journals
Access Rights
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Intuitive Online Article Format

2
4

New and valuable types of

1 content

Provides easy
navigation

1 Navigator Bar Title / Author Information

3

2 Discover more about New content More Options

and supplementary data 4
(Download | Export )
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Advanced Search Advanced Search by

1. All
2. Journals
3. Books
4. Reference Works
5. Images
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3

Refine Result in SD
1. Content Type
2. Journal/Book Title
3. Topic
4. Year

1 Search / Images Results 3 Access Rights

2 Refine Filters 4 Display Article Content

(Apply Filters) (HTML or Abstracts)
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Expert Search
Expert Search by
1. All
2. Journals
3. Books
4. Reference Works
5. Images
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Searching for Images

1 Image Search Result 3 Enlarge View

(Figure | Video)

2 Display Full Text

Refine Image Results 4 (View within article or PDF)
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Enrichments

www.elsevier.com/authors/author-services/enrichments/search
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Events & Conferences

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Research Datasets / Careers / Funding

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Dataset :

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Funding :

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Careers :

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Research Reference and

Writing Management
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Reference Management
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Save time organizing and writing paper

www.mendeley.com
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Welcome to Mendeley Desktop

Main menu

Document Detail

Document Library & Filter

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Install the Citation Plug-in

To start your writing research paper

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Citing in word & open office

Click on Insert Citation in Word

Highlight the paper(s) you want to

cite

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Bibliography & citation in word

Citation will show up based on selected style

Generate a bibliography in one click!

Cite into Google

documents
or other editors by
copy & paste
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MathJax : High Quality and Beautiful Math

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Finding a CSL style

Select your style, or

Search Mendeleys database

citation styles

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The CSL Editor

http://csl.mendeley.com/

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Research Writing
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GENERAL STRUCTURE OF RESEARCH ARTICLE

* Title
* Abstract
* Keywords

Main Text (IMRAD )

* Introduction
* Methods
* Results
* Discussions

* Conclusion
* Acknowledgment
* References
* Supplementary Data
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Language quality : manuscript language

o Overview :
[ Write with Accurate Concise Clear Objective]

o Basic rules of manuscript language

Tenses :
Grammar :
Sentences :
Paragraphs
oTo avoid classic errors :

o Reasons why accurate writing is important :

- Abstract concepts require more precise writing .
- Requires consistency to avoid ambiguity
- No one wants to read pages and pages of formulas
- English usage and grammar may differ from conventions in other languages
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Elsevier Publishing Campus

Elsevier Publishing Campus is an online platform which offers free lectures, interactive training
and professional advice to support researchers to publish a world class journal article, book or
develop a successful career as a professional researcher.
https://www.publishingcampus.elsevier.com/
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Elsevier Publishing Campus

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Elsevier Publishing Campus : Ethics

https://www.publishingcampus.elsevier.com/pages/63//ethics/Publishing-ethics.html
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SEO ( Search Engine Optimization )

Tips for SEO include:

o Title and abstract

o Add captions to all images, graphs and tables
o Add titles or subheadings to the different sections
o Make sure there are many links as possible
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Elsevier Journals
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Elsevier Journals Finder *New*

Find the perfect journal for your article ETA
Elsevier Journal Finder helps is a free resource which allows researchers to find journals
that could be best suited for publishing your scientific article.
( http://journalfinder.elsevier.com )
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Online Submission
# EVISE is Elsevier's new web-based system to support the editorial
process for journals such as submit and check paper status. :
Email: authorsupport@elsevier.com

# track your article

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Journalmetrics.scopus.com website Static values

2011-2015 for reporting, showcasing and exporting
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Elsevier Training Survey

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