STM publisher Elsevier has announced that two of its content products were named winners of 2015 SIIA CODiE Awards in three separate categories.
Elsevier's Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering won in the Best Scholarly Publishing Information Solution and Best General Reference Service categories. Elsevier's Pathway Studio won in the Best Science and Technology Information Solution category.
Winners represent the information industry's best products, technologies, and services created by or for media, publishers, and information services providers. The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries. The SIIA CODiE Awards are the premier award for the software and information industries, and have been recognising product excellence since 1986. The awards have over 85 categories and are organised by industry focus of Content, Education, and Software.
The Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering combines thousands of related reference work articles into one online source of trustworthy information that is continuously updated by experts in the field. It includes content from 24 of Elsevier's authoritative, peer-reviewed reference works; more than 4,800 articles that are continuously reviewed, updated as needed and then date stamped with oversight by the expert editorial board; intuitive subject hierarchies, designed by the editorial board, that make it easy to navigate and find essential information; and linking to relevant journal articles and book chapters on ScienceDirect for additional information.
Pathway Studio enables the analysis and visualisation of disease mechanisms, gene expression and proteomics and metabolomics data. It is an exhaustive resource of easily searchable molecular cell interactions. It also helps biological researchers import and analyze their experimental data using normalization and statistical tools to identify cause and possible effects on biological processes.
Winners were announced during the ABM & Information Industry Summit, at Mandarin Oriental in Washington, D.C. The ABM & Information Industry Summit (IIS) is a flagship conference for leaders across the business information industry, bringing together an audience of 300+ senior executives from B2B media, publishing and information companies to address important strategic issues and to network.
