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PRESS RELEASE
Lisse, the Netherlands
January 26th 2004
ACS and Swets Partner to Offer Full-Text Access via SwetsWise
SwetsWise now an access point for 31 most cited and most requested
ACS journals
Swets Information Services has recently concluded negotiations with
the American Chemical Society (ACS) to provide access to ACS Web Editions,
the current online content of ACS journals, via SwetsWise. SwetsWise is the
web-based, modular service for the procurement, access and management of
subscriptions and online information and now carries a total of 7,787 full
text publications from 295 publishers, with more than 90% of the top STM
publishers participating.
In 2003, ACS Web Editions had more than 1 million total web views
per week on average. ACS Publications publishes 31 journals including their
flagship publication, the Journal of the American Chemical Society. These
journals are the "Most Requested" journals ad recognized by CAS Science
Spotlightsm as well as the most cited journals in chemistry per the ISIŪ
Journal Citation ReportsŪ. Shell International, a mutual customer of ACS and
SwetsWise, attested to the success of this recent partnership. Shell's
information specialist, Elly van de Vondervoort noted, "We see ACS and
Swets' recent cooperation as an excellent added value for SwetsWise as it
also helps us achieve our overall strategy for e-only resources."
Justin Spence, ACS Publications' Vice President of Sales and
Marketing, announced that "We are very pleased that this agreement between
ACS Publications and Swets Information Services provides ACS Web Edition
users with another expedient means to access full-text articles of ACS
journals via the SwetsWise online content system. This new agreement will
further enhance the dissemination of the most requested and most cited
journals to the scientific chemical community."
"We are delighted that ACS has agreed to participate in SwetsWise,"
commented Steven Hartman, Swets Information Services' Chief Commercial
Officer. "The addition of their unique content will significantly further
enhance the quality of scientific information available to users of the
service."
About ACS Publications
ACS Publications is a division of the American Chemical Society. ACS
was founded in 1876 and is the world's largest scientific society with more
than 161,000 members. ACS advances knowledge and research through scholarly
publishing, scientific conferences, information resources for education and
business, and professional development efforts. The ACS also plays a
leadership role in educating and communicating with public
audiences-citizens, students, public leaders and others-about the important
role that chemistry plays in identifying new solutions, improving public
health, protecting the environment, and contributing to the economy.
About Swets Information Services
Swets Information Services is the premier outsourcing and
facilitating partner for the acquisition, access and management of
scholarly, business and professional information. The world's leading
academic, government and medical organizations and one in three Fortune 500
companies choose Swets as their agent. Our dedicated and experienced staff
supports customers in over 160 countries through 23 offices around the
world.
Swets Information Services designed SwetsWise to feature one
platform with two modules: SwetsWise online content and SwetsWise
subscriptions. The online content module offers users a single point of
access to content from the world's leading publishers, boasting over 13
million searchable references and links to full-text articles available from
such prestigious publishers as Elsevier, Wiley, Blackwell Publishing,
Kluwer, Springer, Emerald, Taylor & Francis, and OECD. The subscription
module gives full control over all steps of the subscription management
process. More information about SwetsWise online content and SwetsWise
subscriptions can be found at www.swetswise.com
ACS Publications Media Contact:
Florence Sumaray
Marketing Manager
American Chemical Society Publications
1155 Sixteenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-872-6031
Fax: 202-872-6005
Email: [log in to unmask]
http://pubs.acs.org
Swets Information Services Media Contact:
Ylann Schemm
External Communications Executive
P.O. Box 830
2161 CA Lisse, The Netherlands
Tel.: +31 (0) 252 435 584
Fax: +31 (0) 252 415 888
Email: [log in to unmask]
www.swets.com
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