Elsevier is providing complimentary access to its academic support tools, datasets and education solutions during this time of need

Complimentary access to ScienceDirect, Scopus and Researcher Discovery, APC waivers.

Elsevier is making several of its support tools, datasets, and education platforms freely available to support academics, researchers, and students throughout Ukraine.

Elsevier is committed to supporting global researchers and is monitoring the outcomes of this program to inform future access programs.

Below you will find a quick overview of each product, access instructions, and support information.

A. Researcher Academy

Researcher Academy is an e-learning platform that provides free access to countless e-learning resources designed to support researchers on every step of their research journey.

Resources

• General Overview about Researcher Academy
• How to use Researcher Academy
• Discover Elsevier’s Researcher Academy
• Researcher Academy Support Center

B. ScienceDirect

The leading platform of peer-reviewed literature to advance your research. ScienceDirect combines authoritative, full-text scientific, technical and health publications with smart, intuitive functionality so that users can stay informed in their fields and can work more effectively and efficiently.

Elsevier would like to provide you with complimentary access to ScienceDirect to help you improve, discover, read, understand, and share scholarly research.

Resources:

• Tutorials for ScienceDirect
• Training
• ScienceDirect Support Center

C. Scopus

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings. Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world’s research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Scopus features smart tools to track, analyse and visualise research.

Elsevier would like to provide you with complimentary access to Scopus to ensure that critical research from you is not missed.

Resources:

• Sign-in to Scopus:
• Tutorials on Scopus:
• How Scopus works:
• Scopus Support Center:

C.1. Researcher Discovery

Researcher Discovery feature on Scopus will enable:

• An easy and intuitive way to find researchers in a field. Relevant author profiles are matched against your keyword search to foster collaboration across disciplines, institutions, and borders.
• Trusted, multi-dimensional insights. Scopus author profiles are accurate; updated daily, and inclusive of varying content types and metrics.
• Getting a clear picture about researchers and their current focus, time in research, documents, and topics. Results are easy to filter, refine and sort.

Resources:

• How do I use Researcher Discovery:
• Researcher Discovery FAQs and Support

D. Mendeley

Mendeley is a free reference manager that can help you store, organize, note, share and cite references and research data:

• Automatically generate bibliographies
• Collaborate easily with other researchers online
• Easily import papers from other research software
• Find relevant papers based on what you’re reading
• Access your papers from anywhere online

Resources:

• Sign in to Mendeley:
• Help guides:
• Mendeley Support Center:

E. APC Waivers

We waive APCs for open access articles that have a corresponding author with a Ukrainian affiliation. The waiving is done automatically, and we will communicate that clearly to the author during the publication process.

For help and support, please contact agreementactivation@elsevier.com