[OWW-SC] Fwd: Integrate Scopus cited by counts on your platform
John Cumbers
johncumbers at gmail.com
Wed Jun 27 09:55:10 EDT 2007
so shall I tell them that we'll get back to them after the next SC meeting?
John
On 6/26/07, Ilya Sytchev <ilyas at mit.edu> wrote:
>
> 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
> > >
> > >
> >
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > http://www.openwetware.org/wiki/User:Julius_B._Lucks
> > <http://www.openwetware.org/wiki/User:Julius_B._Lucks>
> > >
> >
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > > 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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