[OWW-SC] Fwd: Integrate Scopus cited by counts on your platform

Tue Jun 26 15:47:19 EDT 2007

I just not sure if OWW should collaborate with entities that are not
open access (making available only part of information doesn't count, in
my opinion) but I guess this is something to discuss at the next SC meeting.

Ilya

Sri Kosuri wrote:
> 
>     The Cited-by counts Web service is already available today for all
>     publishers, but in April the service will be enhanced to great
>     benefit to ensure that users that enter Scopus but are not
>     subscribed to Scopus - are still able to see the bibliographic
>     details on Scopus. More information is available in the attachment.
> 
> 
> 
> See above quote from the original email... and the attachment. 
> Apparently they are developing the means to make at least the
> bibliography part of the information available to all.
> 
> Sri
> 
> 
> On 6/26/07, *Ilya Sytchev* <ilyas at mit.edu <mailto:ilyas at mit.edu>> wrote:
> 
>     Just a general thought: they are not open to public and require an
>     institutional subscription which is the opposite of open access.  From
>     their main page:
> 
>     "Unfortunately you don't have institutional access to Scopus, the
>     largest abstract and citation database of research literature and
>     quality web sources with smart tools to track, analyze and visualize
>     research.
>     ...
>     The Register link doesn't give you access to Scopus. If your institute
>     has subscribed to Scopus, this box allows you to set up a user profile
>     from within your institute's IP range."
> 
> 
>     John Cumbers wrote:
>     > I guess that it is time for a larger discussion of the way we
>     > collaborate with publishers on oww.  (at the next sc meeting?) It
>     could
>     > probably not hurt to see a demo of this working though, we could
>     always
>     > link to scholar, cite-base and theirs.  I can contact him we want
>     this,
>     > ask to see a demo, and table the decision until our next meeting?
>     >
>     > John
>     >
>     >
>     > On 6/26/07, *Julius Lucks* <lucks at fas.harvard.edu
>     <mailto:lucks at fas.harvard.edu>
>     > <mailto: lucks at fas.harvard.edu <mailto:lucks at fas.harvard.edu>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Sounds like they want us to drive a lot of users their way.  I am
>     >     not a big fan of Elsevier personally, and am not too keen on
>     driving
>     >     our users in their direction.  The idea is neat though.  Isn't
>     >     Cite-Base somewhat of an open alternative?  Perhaps we could do
>     >     something similar with them?
>     >
>     >     Julius
>     >
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>     >     On Jun 26, 2007, at 8:55 AM, Sri Kosuri wrote:
>     >
>     >>     Scopus (a project of Elsevier) has sent the following request.
>     >>     What do people think generally?
>     >>
>     >>     Publishing Chairs:  Care to follow this up?
>     >>
>     >>     Sri
>     >>
>     >>     ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>     >>     From: *Kersten, Fabian (ELS-AMS)* < F.Kersten at elsevier.com
>     <mailto:F.Kersten at elsevier.com>
>     >>     <mailto:F.Kersten at elsevier.com <mailto:F.Kersten at elsevier.com>>>
>     >>     Date: Jun 25, 2007 5:19 AM
>     >>     Subject: Integrate Scopus cited by counts on your platform
>     >>     To: skosuri at mit.edu <mailto:skosuri at mit.edu> <mailto:
>     skosuri at mit.edu <mailto:skosuri at mit.edu>>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>     Dear Sri,
>     >>
>     >>     I have found your contact details on the openwetware.org
>     <http://openwetware.org>
>     >>     < http://openwetware.org> website and would like to get in touch
>     >>     with you to see if you might be interested in a new service on
>     >>     your platform. My name is Fabian Kersten and I am marketing
>     manage
>     >>     r for Scopus (_www.scopus.com _ ). Scopus start ed rolling out
>     >>     free Web service that allows you to place highly accurate
>     Cited-by
>     >>     counts on your site using the Scopus engine in April. I believe
>     >>     this service could be an interesting addition to your platform as
>     >>     it offers your users a way to assess the article in the
>     context of
>     >>     the citations it has received.
>     >>
>     >>     Both the precision (>99.2%) and the recall (97.8%) of the Scopus
>     >>     citation information are industry-leading. With all references
>     >>     from 15.000 journals included since 1996, linked references for
>     >>     all but historical (older than say 12 years) articles will be as
>     >>     complete as they can be. The Cited-by count is provided real time
>     >>     and will include a link to the bibliographic details on Scopus (
>     >>     i.e. the list of articles that make up the Cited-by count). The
>     >>     Cited-by counts Web service is already available today for all
>     >>     publishers, but in April the service will be enhanced to great
>     >>     benefit to ensure that users that enter Scopus but are not
>     >>     subscribed to Scopus - are still able to see the bibliographic
>     >>     details on Scopus. More information is available in the
>     attachment.
>     >>
>     >>     <<3Publisher_integration.doc>>
>     >>     If you are interested I would like to explore a possible
>     >>     collaboration between us. Are you the right person to have
>     initial
>     >>     discussion with? If not, can you please refer me to the most
>     >>     appropriate person within your organization?
>     >>
>     >>     I look forward to hearing from you soon.
>     >>
>     >>     Best regards,
>     >>     Fabian
>     >>     * _______________________________________________*
>     >>     *Fabian Kersten
>     >>     *Marketing Manager
>     >>     *Scopus
>     >>
>     >>     *Elsevier B.V. Radarweg 29,
>     >>     1043 NX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
>     >>     T: +31 (0)20 485 2547
>     >>     F: +31 20 485 3354
>     >>     @: f.kersten@ elsevier.com <http://elsevier.com>
>     <mailto:f.kersten at elsevier.com <mailto:f.kersten at elsevier.com>>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>     <3Publisher_integration.doc>
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