ScienceDirect for R&D - research for faster innovations (2023)

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ScienceDirect offers a wide range of information to help us take our research to the next level. We saved over a year of research time and $200 million in scale-up savings by finding the answers we needed in this excellent resource.

Lead researcher and technology leader

The research we found on ScienceDirect gave us the key to massively improve the quality of a product already on the market in a fraction of the time we anticipated.

F&E-Director

ScienceDirect is very important to drug discovery and development. There isn't a scientist I've worked with who doesn't tap into this source of information on an almost daily basis. It affects almost every drug that comes to market.

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The study found that existing scientific knowledge was used in all phases of the research process, especially in the ideation/development phase. Check out a real example:

A marine engineering company wanted to reduce the cost of treating ballast water.

They used ScienceDirect to find research on treatment methods, particularly the use of waste heat, and test results.

With this information, they developed a more cost-effective treatment method that is now patent-pending.

The ROI study found that ScienceDirect empowers organizations to achieve business goals. With ScienceDirect, companies can compete more effectively and reduce costs. Check out a real-life example:

An appliance manufacturer needed to reduce the production costs of its tumble dryers to remain competitive in the market.

They applied the knowledge found in ScienceDirect to reduce the power consumption of the tumble dryers.

This change resulted in savings of $20 per unit in manufacturing costs and improved their market position.

The ROI study found that Elsevier's content is superior on issues such as authority, relevance, practicality, and overall value for the investment. Companies save time with the highly connected information in ScienceDirect. Like the biopharmaceutical company that found a dataset through ScienceDirect, which it used to create a model to inform the design of new drug candidates. By uncovering this critical dataset, they saved several months of time that would have been spent on discovery.

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The ROI study also found that ScienceDirect helps ensure proposed products are found acceptable during the approval process.Check out a real example:

A medical device manufacturer was about to submit a clinical evaluation report for CE certification.

They improved the report quality in two days by adding relevant references and a narrative review from ScienceDirect.

The product passed its audit, ensuring the company could continue selling the device.

The ROI study found that ScienceDirect generates significant, measurable returns.Check out a real example:

A biotech company needed to address problems in purifying an industrially important enzyme.

Using ScienceDirect, they found an aqueous two-phase system that represents a rather unusual protein purification method.

This purification method reduced the time required from 3 days to 1 day per process and increased the specific activity and yield.

The content in ScienceDirect is unprecedented in terms ofQualityAndcover.

ScienceDirect offers more full-text scientific and technological research than any other resource. And that literature is cited disproportionately often, a quality indicator. With 24 disciplines in ScienceDirect, you'll find comprehensive research coverage for your industry. A multidisciplinary resource like ScienceDirect expands your researchers' access to creative solutions from areas outside their normal focus.

Select the first section below to explore the 24 disciplines covered in ScienceDirect. Then explore how ScienceDirect improves research across industries, including relevant examples of journal and book content.

ScienceDirect full-text content is available as enriched, machine-readable data. It can be licensed platform independent for:

• Enrich content with semantic tagging for machine readability
• Organize and connect content to uncover concepts and relationships
• Build more robust knowledge graphs from full text
• Train algorithms and develop predictive models

We offer flexible data packages based on your needs, supported by a team of data experts to make your projects a success.

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With ScienceDirect Corporate Edition, researchers get seamless, full-text access to multidisciplinary research in their workflow. They make serendipitous discoveries alongside the research critical to their business outcomes. ScienceDirect Corporate Edition brings great value to your business because you only pay for items you use. And you can supplement your subscription with e-books that complement your research priorities.

Alternatively, you may want full-text access to all articles in a journal or collection of journals, pre-1995 backfiles, or Text Mine.

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Chemical

Information from ScienceDirect played a key role in one company's process of discovering an optimal bio-based monomer that it could use to create a new and commercially successful polymer.

Yield increase by 40% - unconventional

Energy

ScienceDirect helped an E&P team create a predictive geological model for improved oil production.

From waste product to commercial success

Chemical

A research team from a chemical company turned to ScienceDirect to convert a waste product into a new soil additive.

When standards change

Chemical

ScienceDirect provided the right information at the right time to help a chemical company maintain environmental health and safety (EHS).

Driving chemical innovation

Energy

Learn how ScienceDirect helped an industrial chemist develop an alternative feedstock for oil-based materials.

Reducing risk in late-stage drug discovery

pharmacy

A leader in preclinical biopharmaceutical research used ScienceDirect to reduce the risk of missing important information that would prove costly in later stages of drug development.

Assessing the feasibility of new drug delivery methods

pharmacy

ScienceDirect became the go-to resource for a team to determine the feasibility of new drugs in identifying new technologies and vaccines in animal health while limiting the likelihood of failure.

Increasing competitiveness in medical products

life sciences

A US-based global healthcare solutions company uses ScienceDirect to keep up to date with the latest market innovations and product developments in medical devices and therapeutics.

Locating and evaluating potential product locations

Multi-Energy

Repsol geologists and geophysicists successfully evaluate potential environments and opportunities with information from ScienceDirect.

Informationsmanager

The Technical Information Center at the Venezuelan Petroleum Technology Institute (INTVEP) relies on its corporate library as an integral part of its research and development efforts.