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Working toward racial and social equality: research and commentary. Free access to curated research related to systemic racism, healthcare bias, racial violence, law enforcement reform and social justice movements. At Elsevier, we have been deeply affected by the protests in the United States and the growing awareness of systemic racism and inequality. In the words of our CEO, Kumsal Bayazit: We need to reexamine Elsevier?s role in research ? and how (we) can make an active and positive contribution to accelerate equity, inclusion and diversity. This resource center is just one of the steps we are taking in partnership with the research community. Here, you will find research and commentary related to racial and social equality with an emphasis on the black experience in America. Content is curated by a team of our journal editors and publishers and members of our African Ancestry Network, and it will be continually updated. All resources are free to access.
Embedding technology to boost inclusive health, education and research. At the Elsevier Foundation, we recognize our partners’ success as we embed technology to support UN SDGs. As we all strive to adapt to our very changed world in the age of COVID-19, the Elsevier Foundation’s mission to advance inclusive health and research in service of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) remains as relevant as ever. Over the past few years, we have worked hard to embed technology across many key partnerships and have seen this focus bear fruit as the world has gone into preventative pandemic measures.
Embedding technology to boost inclusive health, education and research. At the Elsevier Foundation, we recognize our partners’ success as we embed technology to support UN SDGs. As we all strive to adapt to our very changed world in the age of COVID-19, the Elsevier Foundation’s mission to advance inclusive health and research in service of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) remains as relevant as ever. Over the past few years, we have worked hard to embed technology across many key partnerships and have seen this focus bear fruit as the world has gone into preventative pandemic measures.
MOOCs help researchers and librarians in developing countries access the latest scientific information. In new online courses, Research4Life users are finding the information they need to improve life in low-income countries. Dr. Lenny Rhine is used to being on the road. A retired librarian from the University of Florida, he’s been working with Research4Life as a trainer for 13 years. Lenny leads the Librarians without Borders (LWB) program, which the Elsevier Foundation supports, and has conducted more than 70 workshops around the world. His work continues in changing times. Now, he’s giving weekly webinars to hundreds of researchers and librarians from the least developed countries through massive online open courses (MOOCs), making sure they can still benefit from the latest and best information...
6 evidence-based methods to head off COVID-19-related depression and anxiety. A psychiatrist outlines home-based strategies to head off stress and depression during the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 pandemic is stressful for everyone. Fear of getting infected, grief for friends and relatives who have been affected, and financial and social insecurity have impacted an exceptionally large proportion of the population. In addition, the need to adopt social isolation and quarantine measures has accentuated feelings of loneliness. It’s no wonder that people are feeling overwhelmed. “How can I deal with the need for endless news scrolling?” “How do I manage my stress when I don’t have my test results?” “How do I talk with my kids about the COVID-19 and its impact?”
A Natural Language Processing (NLP) Specialist at Elsevier, knows what you can achieve with the right data. He’s currently working on the Funding Body project, which extracts funding information from articles and showcases it to universities and funding institutions in Scopus, Elsevier’s abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature – the largest of its kind. “The amount of data you get to apply to a real-world problem is huge” - Nishant Mitri, Natural Language Processing Specialist, Elsevier.
The George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida (UF) and Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, have agreed to a new pilot program to support open access (OA) publishing at UF. The agreement will support UF's open access goals by providing the university's researchers with incentives to publish OA articles. It also presents the opportunity to better understand researcher behaviour and to learn from the resulting data—helping progress OA at UF and beyond.
4 principles for unlocking the full potential of research data. Research data doesn’t just need to be available – it needs to be comprehensible and interoperable, says Elsevier’s VP of Research Data Management Solutions.
Happy #Juneteenth! At Elsevier, we’re proud to support our African American employees and continue to work to create an even more inclusive culture. Today, we celebrate #Juneteenth and reflect upon the end of slavery on June 19, 1865. Juneteenth is a reminder that while the nation has made progress, we must continue to work to ensure equality, freedom, and justice for all.
"I’ve had the opportunity to shape products and services so that they provide real and meaningful value for the users." - Liz Bradshaw, Principal User Experience Designer, Elsevier. At Elsevier, we find new and inventive ways to use technology to help researchers make breakthroughs and clinical professionals save lives. Imagine what you could achieve in a creative environment with great colleagues. Discover Elsevier.
