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Industry standards

Elsevier is a leader in initiatives that drive the way information is reviewed, validated, archived and disseminated. Our many partnerships help to foster communication, build insights, and enable individual and collective advancement in scientific research and healthcare.

Access

ESPReSSO Establishing Suggested Practices Regarding Single Sign On (ESPReSSO) Enables users to use their institutional credentials to login across multiple platforms and products.

Shibboleth/ SAML opens in new tab/window Shibboleth is an implementation of SAML (Secure Assertion Mark-up Language) which allows secure authentication enabling users to log in using their institutional credentials. For customers, we support OpenAthens and SAML-based single log-on.

Accessibility

WAI opens in new tab/window WCAG 2. 0 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) Elsevier supports the international accessibility standard which ensures our websites are usable by people with a wide range of disabilities.

Section 508 opens in new tab/window Section 508 ensures any IT purchased or used by the US federal government or federally funded institutions is usable by people with disabilities.

PAAG Charter opens in new tab/window Elsevier is a signatory of the Publisher Accessibility Action Group (PAAG) Charter, supporting the creation of accessible content for all.

Benetech Certification opens in new tab/window Elsevier has been designated a Global Certified Accessible publisher by Benetech, receiving a 'Born Accessible' opens in new tab/window content score of 100%.

ABC Charter for Accessible Publishing  opens in new tab/window Elsevier is a signatory of the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) opens in new tab/window Charter which contains eight aspirational principles that publishers should follow to make their digital publications accessible to persons with print disabilities.

Sustainability

SDG Publishers Compact opens in new tab/window Elsevier is a founding signatory to the SDG Publishers Compact that outlines our deep commitment to driving progress for a more sustainable future, for both people and planet, both internally and within the communities we serve.

The Climate Pledge opens in new tab/window Elsevier has committed to becoming net zero by 2040, signing the Climate Pledge together with parent company RELX, to reach the net zero target at least a decade ahead of the Paris Climate Agreement’s goal of 2050.

Sustainability Pledges As a signatory to the Climate pledge, Elsevier additionally supports national publishing associations’ climate action initiatives. It has signed the UK Publishing Declares opens in new tab/window, a commitment by publishers to take action against climate change, and the "Handvest Duurzaam Publiceren opens in new tab/window" (Sustainable Publishing Charter) in the Netherlands, which promotes eco-friendly publishing practices. These initiatives reflect Elsevier's broader commitment to reducing environmental impacts and promoting sustainability within the publishing industry.

Declaration of Amsterdam for LGBT inclusive Workplace Elsevier is a signatory of the Workplace Pride declaration that aims make lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGBT) fully visible, accepted and valued in the workplace and in society.

Linking and integration

MARC Records  opens in new tab/window MARC (Machine-Readable Cataloging) provides the mechanism by which computers exchange, use and interpret bibliographic information. Its data elements make up the foundation of most library catalogs used today.

OpenURL The OpenURL Framework standard is a protocol that allows context-sensitive metadata exchange.

CrossRef opens in new tab/window A publisher-driven initiative, CrossRef is a free reference-linking service that provides seamless integration of current and archived content across publishers. Elsevier is a founding partner.

Niso Open URL standards address the growing demand for bi-directional interaction between linking systems.

OAI-PMH  opens in new tab/window OAI-PMH stands for the Open Archives Initiative – Protocol for Metadata Harvesting. Standard protocol for institutional repositories to communicate updates to the repository to the outside world.

SCHOLIX opens in new tab/window An easy and universal linking mechanism between scholarly publications and research data.

Holdings and usage

COUNTER opens in new tab/window COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources) Code of Practice facilitates a single, accepted, extendable Code of Practice to measure the usage of online information products and services. Elsevier is a founding member of COUNTER.

KBART opens in new tab/window Knowledge Base and Related Tools (KBART) is a recommended best practice for publishers to format and distribute title lists and holdings reports in a way that is consistent, accurate and easy for updating library knowledge bases.

SUSHI  opens in new tab/window Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI) is a mandatory protocol for the automated exchange of COUNTER usage reports in XML format between publishers and their customers.

Community-specific standards

STIX Fonts opens in new tab/window STIX (Scientific and Technical Information Exchange) Font Creation Project. A comprehensive set of royalty-free fonts for mathematics and other special characters used in scientific, technical and medical publishing.

Information preservation

Digital archives Working with Yale University Library and the Dutch national library, Koninklijke Bibliotheek opens in new tab/window, Elsevier has adopted the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) standards for preservation and established an official, permanently accessible, digital archive for Elsevier journals.