Elsevier Journal andArticle Ecosystem
2022 Summary

Elsevier publishing - 2023 journal and article data transparency
As a global leader in scientific, technical and medical publishing, Elsevier is proud to support authors and researchcommunities in ensuring quality research can be accessed, trusted, shared, and built upon to accelerate progress that
benefits society.

Our 2,800 scientific, technical and medical journals are integral to the scientific record and to the broader exchange ofknowledge and ideas. To support this scientific endeavour, the editorial review, peer review and other parts of thepublishing process faithfully mirror the rigour and care that goes into research itself.
We openly provide key data so authors and the research communities that we serve can find consistent information about how ourjournals are growing content, advancing open access articles, and offering value and high impact
In 2022, we received 2.7 million research papers from authors – more than double the total submissions in 2015. These werereviewed by our in-house editorial teams in collaboration with 32,000 editors and 1.4 million expert reviewers around theworld, resulting in over 600,000 articles being enhanced, published, indexed, certified and promoted following a peer review. Theglobal scientific community accessed over 1.8 billion articles across our journal platforms.
•Submissions to Elsevier journals continue growing strongly: +10% CAGR since 2011•

Fast growth of open access article volume: +48% CAGR since 2011. With 150,000 OA articles published in 2022, and withall our 2,800 journals offering OA options, including 700 Gold OA journals, Elsevier is a global leader in open accesspublishing.

•Articles published in Elsevier journals account for 18% of global research output while garnering 28% of citations,demonstrating our commitment to delivering research quality significantly ahead of the industry average.

•We publish more articles and at higher quality relative to other publishers – yet our average list price per subscription
article remains 2-3 times lower than other publishers. Elsevier’s average list prices per subscription prices have remained
flat over the last ten years, compared to average increases of around 6% per annum by other publishers.

Journal and Article Ecosystem
How Elsevier supports scholarly communication
Community building
over 2,800 journal brands

Solicit &managesubmissions

Archiving>20 million articles
Archive &promote

Publish &disseminate
Dissemination>1.8 billion articles consumed

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Filtering/Editing• >2.7m article submissions• >600,000 published articles• 32,000 editors• >100,000 editorial board members

ManagePeerreview• ~1.4 million reviewers

Edit &
prepareProduction
Technological enrichment

Article Volume Growth: Submissions
Consistent article submissions volume growth
Elsevier Submitted Articles (Units, Millions)4Article Volume Growth: Published Articles
Consistent published articles volume growth
Elsevier Published Articles (‘000)

5Published Articles: Open AccessElsevier Open Access Articles Published (‘000)

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Journal and Article Quality
Article and citation shareElsevier

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Publisher A

Publisher B

Share of articles per publisher (published in 2017-2021) and citation share (citations in 2017-21 in relation to articles published in 2017-21). Source: Scopus data.

Publisher C

Other

Journal and Article Quality
Share of articles per journal quality tier
Share of articles per journal Field Weighted Citation Impact Tier*
Total market*8Articles published in 2017-2021. Field Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) is calculated on the basis of citations in 2017-21 to articles published in 2017-21 and accounts f or article ty pe, publication y ear andsubject f ield. Source: Scopus data.

Journal and Article Quality
Share of articles per journal quality tier

9Articles published 2017-21. Field Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) calculated based on citations in 2017-21 to articles published in 2017-21 and accounts f or article ty pe, publication y ear and subject f ield.
Source: Scopus data.

Leading research platforms with global reach and scale>100m>50m

1.8bn

Monthly visits+25% CAGR
since 2017

Unique monthlyvisitors

Articlesconsumed*
per year>600k>70Searches
per dayArticle views per
secondIncreasing article volume, search and usability, adding sophisticated analytical capabilities
10* Unique article v iews and downloads, adjusted to remov e double counting

Journal Article Price
Average list price per subscription article
Indexed Average Subscription Article List Price*
3.4

2.0

1.8

1.0

Elsevier

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Publisher APublisher BPublisher C* Indexed weighted av erage of list prices f or 2021 subscription y ear v ersus articles published in 2021 taking Elsev ier as baseline. Source: Publisher websites, Scopus data. Unpay wall database

Journal Article Price
Average list price per subscription article over time
Growth Rate of Average Subscription Article List Price*12* 5-y ear (2017-2021) and 10-y ear (2012-2021) compound annual growth rates
Source: Publisher websites, Scopus data, Unpay wall database

Article publishing charges
Delivering above-average quality at below-average price
APC charges* by journal type13* 2021 Volume Weighted – Based on quantity of Open Access articles, list price APCs. Bubble size represents number of OA output 2021 that hav e APC data.
Sources: Unpay wall, DeltaThink, Elsev ier; January 2021