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Carl Schwarz trained as a physicist at Utrecht University. After his studies he started working in various publishing roles within Elsevier since 1988. During this period he has seen how electronic publishing changed the nature of scientific communication. As publisher he has started new journals and pioneered with small scale electronic innovations many of which were later rolled out in the main Elsevier electronic offerings. As director of International Publishing Development he led the publishing efforts of Elsevier to support and collaborate with scientists from scientifically emerging nations. In his current role as Publishing Director in Life Sciences, he is responsible for a portfolio of 80 journals across a number of disciplines like Biochemistry, Genetics and Biotechnology.
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Abstract |
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Publishers are committed to supporting the development of science across the world and providing solutions that facilitate access to research findings, enabling researchers to perform their work and keep up-to-date with their field. In particular, Elsevier has worked very closely to support researchers in developing nations through our continued support of the Research4Life programme. Research4Life involves three public-private partnerships which seek to help achieve the UN’s Millennium Development Goals – these programmes are the Health Access to Research Initiative (HINARI); Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA); and Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE). Through these programmes, researchers at 4,500 institutions in 108 developing countries have access to over 7,000 journals to assist them in their research. In addition, Elsevier has recently worked with the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) to promote their AuthorAid programme which provides a support network for researchers (and a focus on young researchers) in developing countries. Finally, Elsevier has also worked to facilitate access to research for patients across the world, to help them to better understand their medical conditions and initiatives such as PatientResearch and patientINFORM have facilitated this need. |
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