AMSTERDAM, September 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, is proud to announce

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AMSTERDAM, November 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Announcement Marks Groundbreaking New Standard and SCOPUS as the Authoritative Source for Research Elsevier announced today that Scopus(R), its flagship product and world's largest abstract and citation (A&C) database, was selected as the sole citation provider by the Australian Research Council (ARC) for its Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative. The ERA initiative has been designed to assess the research quality of Australia's higher education providers using a combination of indicators and expert review by committees comprised of experienced, internationally recognized experts. "The development and growth of a world class system to evaluate research quality has always been our primary objective and Scopus was selected from a competitive tender process," said Professor Margaret Sheil, Chief Executive Officer, ARC.

AMSTERDAM, February 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Elsevier announced today that Scopus(R), its flagship product and world's largest abstract and citation (A&C) database, was chosen by the Australian Research Council (ARC) for its Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative. The ERA initiative will assess research quality within Australia's higher education institutions using a combination of indicators and expert review by committees comprised of experienced, internationally-recognized experts. Scopus Custom Data will be the sole provider used to assess the country's higher education research output for the ERA's first group of science disciplines: Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences (PCE). By leveraging the broad and rich content available in Scopus the ARC's ERA initiative will evaluate 41 Higher Education Providers (HEPs) using international and national benchmarks. "The ARC is committed to the development of a world-class research quality and eval

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