ALMATY, Kazakhstan,
April 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Kazakhstani research community to
benefit from access to Scopus and continued access to
ScienceDirect
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical, and
medical information products and services, today announced it has
signed a license agreement with the National Center for Scientific
and Technical Information (NCSTI) to make key Elsevier resources
available to the entire Kazakhstani research community.
The agreement, signed on behalf of the Ministry of Science and
Education, provides more than 400 Kazakhstani academic and research
institutions with access to Scopus, the largest abstract and
citation database of peer-reviewed literature and ensures continued
access to ScienceDirect, Elsevier's full-text platform for research
literature. Through this access agreement, Kazakhstan aims to strengthen its position in
the international scientific community.
Adil Ibrayev, NCSTI's President, said, "I'm excited that all our
universities and research institutes will benefit from access to
Scopus and ScienceDirect. Having access to global scientific
literature and the tools to track and analyze research help us to
become more effective in our research activities. We are confident
this will increase the quantity and quality of Kazakhstani research
output, thereby increasing our significance in the international
scientific community."
Youngsuk "YS" Chi, Elsevier's Chairman, said, "Elsevier is
committed to making sure the important work of the Kazakhstani
research community takes its deserved place in the international
research landscape. We are pleased to continue the collaboration
with Kazakhstan's National Center
to advance Kazakhstan's scientific
position and contribute to establishing a knowledge-based
economy."
About Kazakhstan Centre for Scientific and Technical
Information
The National Center for Scientific and Technical Information
(hereafter NCSTI) was established in 1957. For many years our
center has managed to maintain considerably high status of the
integrated body for scientific and technical information in
Kazakhstan.
The NCSTI's activity covers a wide range of functions facing
national science and technology, and great attention is paid to the
formation of national informational resources in scientific and
technical sphere of the country, formation of databases as well as
the integration of foreign databases and electronic information
resources to ensure access to the results of scientific and
technological activities, collecting of deposited scientific work
and publications of Kazakhstani scientists. NCSTI cooperate with
about 300 universities and scientific-research organization of
Kazakhstan which include about
10 000 scientists and researchers.
About ScienceDirect
ScienceDirect is home to almost one-quarter of the world's
peer-reviewed full-text scientific, technical and medical content.
Over 15 million researchers, health care professionals, teachers,
students and information professionals around the globe rely on
ScienceDirect as a trusted source of nearly 2,200 journals, almost
900 serials and 25,000 book titles. ScienceDirect supports research
and education with interactive elements in articles such as audio,
video, graphs, tables and images, and offers tools so users can
easily set alerts. Content on ScienceDirect also features embedded
links to external datasets, including earth and environmental
science data from PANGAEA, abstract and indexing data from Scopus
and chemical reactions data from Reaxys. With almost 12 million
content pieces available-including pre-publication release of
articles and open access content from Elsevier
journals-ScienceDirect is a premier platform for discovering the
world of research.
About Scopus
Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of
peer-reviewed literature, features smart tools to track, analyze
and visualize scholarly research. Its vast database contains
abstracts and references from 21,000 titles from more than 5,000
publishers worldwide, ensuring broad interdisciplinary coverage in
the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences and
Arts & Humanities. Scopus was designed and developed with input
from researchers and librarians internationally; and features
direct links to subscribed full-text articles, other library
resources and interoperability with applications such as reference
management software.
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions
that enhance the performance of science, health, and technology
professionals, empowering them to make better decisions, deliver
better care, and sometimes make groundbreaking discoveries that
advance the boundaries of knowledge and human progress. Elsevier
provides web-based, digital solutions - among them
ScienceDirect, Scopus, Elsevier Research Intelligence, and
ClinicalKey - and publishes nearly 2,200 journals, including
The Lancet and Cell, and over 25,000 book titles,
including a number of iconic reference works.
The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC, a world leading
provider of professional information solutions in the Science,
Medical, Legal and Risk and Business sectors, which is jointly
owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols
are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and
ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
Media contact
Gamze Keskin
Elsevier
+90-533-330-57-99
g.keskin@elsevier.com