STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has introduced a new feature on ScienceDirect that improves the discoverability and usefulness of scientific chemistry content. This added functionality seeks to enhance the value of the content for both authors and readers in chemistry.
Starting with two Elsevier chemistry journals, authors are invited to submit structure (MOL) files of their key compounds alongside their articles. Elsevier will use these structure files to add compound identifiers - International Chemical Identifier (InChI) keys - to the article, increasing the discoverability of both the article and its key compounds on ScienceDirect. In addition, the structure files are used to visually display all key compounds of the article in a single scrollable list, with additional functionality such as links to Reaxys, Elsevier's web-based chemistry database, and Google.
According to IJsbrand Jan Aalbersberg, Vice President for Content Innovation at Elsevier, making the MOL files of key compounds available at ScienceDirect and, at the same time, using Reaxys to show the corresponding structures, ties into Elsevier's strategy to enrich the content of ScienceDirect. The use of InChI keys improves discoverability of compounds within the chemistry scientific literature, facilitating and accelerating connectivity to other research tools and content sources. It helps researchers unravel deep layers of information, otherwise hidden in the full text, therewith increasing their research productivity.
The linking of data and content has the potential to streamline the research process, bringing to researchers more relevant information with fewer clicks and through quicker searches. ScienceDirect has built the capability to quickly plug in specialised applications as they are developed, so that external data or relevant analysis tools can be integrated directly in the online article as opportunities emerge.
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