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AMSTERDAM, March 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- Citation Database to be Used in New Competence Centre for Bibliometrics

    Elsevier announced today that its flagship product Scopus 
(http://www.info.scopus.com), the world's largest abstract and citation 
database of peer-reviewed literature, was chosen by the Institute for 
Research Information and Quality Assurance (iFQ) to be used in the 
development of its new German Competence Centre for Bibliometrics. The iFQ is 
a scientific institute that was created by the German Research Foundation 
(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) to focus on assessing Germany's 
funding programs, and analyzing their global impact.



    The Competence Centre is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and
Research (Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung, BMBF). The centre's
goals are to set up a bibliometric database and develop checked bibliometric
methods and indicators that meet today's requirements in reliability and
validity. Scopus data and other bibliographic datasets will be used to
quantify German research output and evaluate the impact it is having on the
global scientific landscape. This insight will allow for a better
understanding of how local researchers, institutions and funding agencies
perform in areas key to German science policy and will ultimately be used to
identify excellence and weakness within the German research system.



    "Among other data sources we will work with Scopus for the depth and
international breadth of its citation database," said Professor Stefan
Hornbostel of iFQ. "The analytical capabilities that the content provides
will help us achieve our mission of supporting the German science system with
carefully examined and relevant information feeding into policies that will
allow Germany to continue to be a global scientific leader."



    "We are excited to be a part of the iFQ's new German Competence Centre
for Bibliometrics," said Niels Weertman, Director of Scopus for Elsevier.
"Making the right investment decisions is an integral part of achieving
scientific breakthroughs and we are confident we can deliver valuable insight
through Scopus."



    Information about the German Competence Centre for Bibliometrics is
available at http://www.bibliometrie.info.



About the Institute for Research Information and Quality Assurance (iFQ)

    The Institute for Research Information and Quality Assurance (Institut
fur Forschungsinformation und Qualitatssicherung, iFQ) is mainly funded by
the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) as a
"central research facility". The institute is designed as a scientific
institution that initially concentrated on the evaluation of DFG's funding
programs. The German Competence Centre for Bibliometrics is funded by the
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium fur Bildung und
Forschung, BMBF). For more information about iFQ please visit
http://www.forschungsinfo.de.



About Scopus

    Covering the world's research literature, Scopus is the largest abstract 
and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality Web sources 
with smart tools to track analyze and visualize research. Scopus was designed 
and developed with over 500 users and librarians internationally. Its unique
database contains abstracts and references from over 15,000 peer-reviewed
journals from 4,000 publishers worldwide, ensuring broad interdisciplinary
coverage. In addition, Scopus not only offers users citation information
about the articles covered, but also directly integrates Web and patent
searches. Direct links to full-text articles, library resources and other
applications like reference management software, make Scopus quicker, easier
and more comprehensive to use than any other literature research tool. For
more information about Scopus please visit http://www.info.scopus.com.



About Elsevier

    Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and 
medical information products and services. Working in partnership with the 
global science and health communities, Elsevier's 7,000 employees in over 70 
offices worldwide publish more than 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per 
year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, such 
as ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/), MD Consult 
(http://www.mdconsult.com/), Scopus (http://www.info.scopus.com/),
bibliographic databases, and online reference works.



    Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com/) is a global business headquartered in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands and has offices worldwide. Elsevier is part of
Reed Elsevier Group plc (http://www.reedelsevier.com/), a world-leading
publisher and information provider. Operating in the science and medical,
legal, education and business-to-business sectors, Reed Elsevier provides
high-quality and flexible information solutions to users, with increasing
emphasis on the Internet as a means of delivery. Reed Elsevier's ticker
symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and
ENL (New York Stock Exchange).


    
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