Our publications and products regularly receive awards for excellence. For example, in 2008, Elsevier’s Journal of Informetrics was named Best New Journal by the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers. In the announcement, it was called “an excellent example of the research and planning needed when launching a new journal, combined with the attention needed to integrate it into a particular research community.”
Over the past 50 years, numerous Nobel Laureates have published in Elsevier journals and served as editors and members of editorial boards. Among them in 2008 were Harald zur Hausen, who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Roger Y. Tsien, who shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry; and Paul Krugman, who received the Nobel Prize in Economics. To honour their achievements, Elsevier made their work freely available online.
In 2008, LexisNexis’ electronic discovery software, Concordance and LAW PreDiscovery, achieved top five rankings in the overall Electronic Discovery Software Provider category, as well as in seven other categories of the annual Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Report, the fourth year in which LexisNexis electronic discovery products placed among the best used by US law firms. Researchers used more than 350 qualitative and quantitative factors in their rankings.
Reed Business Information won numerous awards in 2008. Their publications and online products were recognised for excellence with 35 American Society of Business Publication Editors awards, including the coveted Magazine of the Year prize given to Restaurants & Institutions, as well as two Neal Awards from American Business Media. Peter Bart, Editor of Variety and Ray Allegrezza, Editor of Furniture Today, were recognised for the contributions to their respective industries, while Reed Business Information executives Tad Smith, Jeff DeBalko, Mie-Yun Lee and Neil Stiles were highlighted by business-to-business media publications BtoB Media Business and min’s b2b.