Elsevier: Elsevier, a world-leading scientific and healthcare publisher, announced today that it is launching a collection of Chinese journals on ScienceDirect. Reflecting the country’s economic boom, China currently ranks fifth in the world in the number of published papers. By working in collaboration with prestigious Chinese research societies and Science Press, the ScienceDirect China Collection offers unique online access to peer-reviewed literature from an emerging global player, on the world’s leading full-text platform.

“China’s soaring economy has generated intensive research and scientific discovery. As part of Elsevier’s commitment to disclose the best of global scientific research literature, we are honored to provide online access, for the first time, to these important journals.” says Paul Evans, Vice President, Science & Technology, Elsevier China, “China’s national spending on scientific research is doubling every four years, and by 2010 it is estimated that only the USA will produce more scientific, technical and medical papers in international journals. In recognition of this trend, Elsevier has established a number of initiatives to support regular distribution of Chinese research and currently publishes 40% more Chinese research than the average.” Evans continues, “The launch of the ScienceDirect China Collection represents a major breakthrough in giving the global scientific community access to this explosion of Chinese research.” [Source]