Science and Medical
 
Key achievements
bullet point ScienceDirect achieved 72% penetration of the subscriber base and 86 million article downloads
bullet point The backfiles project brought the number of articles on ScienceDirect to 3.3 million
bullet point MD Consult subscribers up 15%, sales up 30%
bullet point Acquisition of the STM business of Holtzbrinck in Germany

Elsevier is a world leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information. The Science & Technology division publishes 1,200 journals and over 900 books each year, complemented by online and CD-ROM products. The web service ScienceDirect offers more than 3 million full text articles. The Health Sciences division publishes over 8,000 text books and clinical reference works and over 500 journals, supported by electronic services accessed via desktop or hand held devices.

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Divisional highlights
Turnover pie  Adjusted operating profit pie

Turnover
£1,295m / 2,059m

Scale
75 offices
6,400 employees
sales in
173 countries

 

Adjusted operating profit
£429m / 682m

Businesses
Science & Technology
Health Sciences
Excerpta Medica
MDL Information Systems
ScienceDirect

   
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