Editor’s note: This profile updates the our previous one published in 2021. 

Elsevier has participated in Doody’s Review Service since 1993, with nearly 6,500 titles selected by Doody’s as essential to review for health library collections development. Elsevier book titles are featured prominently each year in Doody’s Core Titles (DCT), with the vast majority garnering 3- to 5-star reviews, with 3,150 scoring 4- and 5-star reviews.  In 2024, over 584 Elsevier titles were selected by librarians for DCT – more than any other publisher. Of these, 186 were deemed “Essential Purchases” for libraries in 2024. Searches of Elsevier titles on the DRS and DCT platforms link directly to Elsevier’s ScienceDirect or ClinicalKey platforms. 

Elsevier serves a global audience in health sciences, publishing content focused on clinical decision-making, educating future health professionals, and advancing research, through its over 2,900 journals and 46,000 books, including the iconic reference work Gray’s Anatomy. Having used AI responsibly in its products for over 10 years, Elsevier now combines its unparalleled peer-reviewed content, extensive data sets, and sophisticated analytics to offer generative AI-powered, conversational search technology ClinicalKey AI, Scopus AI, and Sherpath AI to support end-users in achieving better outcomes.  

A founding partner and leading contributor of Research4Life, Elsevier provides 15% of the 205,000 peer-reviewed resources — encompassing over 5,200 journals, 31,900 eBooks, plus access to Embase, ClinicalKey, and ScienceDirect. Research4Life provides institutions in lower-income countries with online access to academic and professional peer-reviewed content.  

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