Machine Learning Content Discoverability @Elsevier

1. “We don't receive wisdom
we must discover it for ourselves.”
Marcel Proust

2. Empowering Knowledge “The
company has evolved into a technology
solutions provider.. Elsevier empowers
knowledge, which empowers those who
use it.”
ELSEVIER
VISION

3. mendeley.com/suggest
Discover research that
Interests you (Suggest)
Evaluate my impact
(Stats)
mendeley.com/stats
Discover relevant information
pushed to you (Newsfeed)
mendeley.com/newsfeed
Showcase my work
(Profile)
mendeley.com/profiles/
Discovery -
Newsfeed

4. Profile is used to
Showcase My
work
Aggregate
information
collected by
different sources
in one single
coherent page
where user
generated
content is mixed
with machine
generated
information

5. Profile is used to
evaluate My own
impact
State-of-the-art
Bigdata
technology to
aggregate and
elaborate
information
placed in multiple
products
(Scopus, Science
Direct,
Mendeley,...)

6. State-of-the-art
Bigdata
technology to
aggregate and
elaborate
information
placed in multiple
products
(Scopus, Science
Direct,
Mendeley,...)
INTEGRATION
• Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database that
represents 5,000 publishers and delivers a
comprehensive overview of the world's research output in
the fields of science, technology, medicine, social
sciences, and the arts and humanities.
• ScienceDirect is home to almost 16% of the world's peer-
reviewed, full-text scientific, technical and medical
content.
• Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic
social network that helps you organize your documents,
collaborate with others online, and discover the latest
research in your field.
• Newsflo enables researchers and institutions to
demonstrate their societal impact. Newsflo combines
+55k online news sources from around the world.
Related news articles are clustered around topics.

7. Profile is used to
evaluate My own
impact
Spark and HPPC
are used to
update daily all
the user
generated signals
into a coherent
machine learning
data platform
working in real
time and offering
high scalability

8. Profile is used to
evaluate My own
impact
Each author has
a list of reviewed
publications

9. Profile is used to
evaluate My own
impact
News data is
clustered and
aggregated on-
the-fly with
machine learning
techniques for
discovering
where your work
has been cited in
media
(newspapers,
magazines, …)

10. Recommend
articles to suit
different
information
needs
• short vs long-
term
• shallow vs
deep
Based on state-
of-the-art
Machine Learning
technology
• Content
based
• Citation
based
• Collaborative
Filtering

11. Discovery
personalized
articles relevant
for each user
PERSONALIZED

12. Suggest is used
to discover
researchers who
are relevant for
YOU
Based on state-
of-the-art
Machine Learning
technology
• following the
people you
follow
• followed by
people you
follow
• popular in
your subject
area
• follows you

13. Newsfeed is the
social feed where
machine learning
recommenders
are mixed with
social actions,
user generated
content, and 3rd
parties content
SOCIAL