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Where science meets business

A Survey of Information
Resources Covering Renewable
Fuels, Chemicals & Energy

Samantha Swann

Business Acquisition Editor

John Wiley & Sons Ltd and SCI (Society of Chemical Industry)

sswann@wiley.co.uk; t:+44 1243 770202

Spring ACS National Meeting, 27
th

March 2007

Where science meets business

Outline

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SCI, Wiley and me

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Motivation for the survey

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Methodology

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Results obtained

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Outcome

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SCI, Wiley and me

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SCI: Society of Chemical Industry

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International non
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profit organisation

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Individual members in 70 countries

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Offices in North America & Australia

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New offices in 2007: Europe and India

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New office in 2008: China

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Special interest groups cover many topics

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Energy is an important theme for SCI

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SCI, Wiley and me

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Awards:

Perkin Medal

Chemical Industry Medal

Gordon E. Moore Medal

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Works with Chemical Heritage Foundation

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SCI America

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Corporate members include:

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SCI, Wiley and me

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Wiley

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Global publisher of STM, P/T & HE content

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1250 STM journals

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Celebrates bicentennial this year

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My role

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Tapping into experience of 2 organisations

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2 different cultures and 2 bosses!

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SCI’s Publishing Porfolio

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SCI’s Publishing Porfolio

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4 peer
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reviewed research journals

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Published by Wiley for over 10 years

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International Editors and Contributors

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Motivation for the Survey

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Energy debate

gathers momentum

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Chemical industry
faces

public & government
demand for
cleaner technologies

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Growing public interest
in the

origin

of
products and materials

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Need to separate fact from fiction!

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The Survey

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What research is happening in the area of

fuels, chemicals and energy

from
renewable resources?

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Which

geographic regions

are involved?

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Is this field growing in importance?

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What is the information landscape?

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What do researchers in this field need?

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Methodology

Research existing publications

Literature searches to establish trends

Key conferences

Focus groups

Expert interviews

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Methodology


“
Most of the academic community see opportunities
but don’t see the potential for chemistry in the
biofuels industry.
We c
ould do with stronger steers
and getting more chemistry into these meetings,
so
that biologists are talking to the chemists and
vice versa
.
”

Literature searches to establish trends

Expert interviews

ISI’s Web of Science

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Methodology


“
There is a totally different network evolving now,
which needs to bring in
agricultural scientists,
biologists, chemical engineers, chemists,
business

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even social sciences or policy effects are
relevant…this area of research needs an
interdisciplinary
effort to succeed
”

Expert interviews

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Methodology








USA

SIM’s Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels & Chemicals

Bio’s World Congress on Industrial Biotechnol & Bioprocessing

Key conferences

Europe

Renewable Resources & Biorefineries

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Methodology




Focus groups

April 2006:
SIM’s Symposium, Nashville, TN, USA


“
There is a
disconnect

between research information and
commercialisation
”

“A lot of innovation comes from
discrete areas
”

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Methodology




Focus groups

June 2006:
SCI headquarters, London, UK


“There are
pockets of information
. Knowledge does
exist but it’s not flowing very well”

“We need to
link up

the entire R&D chain”


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Results:
Research Landscape

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Key activity in the Americas, Europe & Japan

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Increasing activity in other parts of Asia

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Clear R&D strategy in USA (DOE and USDA)

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Europe gaining momentum: Biofuels Directive & FP7

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Key players in industry:

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ADM, Cargill, DuPont, Roquette, Tate & Lyle, Novozymes,
Genencor (Danisco), BP, British Sugar…

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Results:
Research Topics

Key research themes:

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Unlocking
lignocellulosic biomass


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2
nd

generation biofuels
, esp. ethanol

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Combining biological and chemical conversions

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Sustainability

of entire systems:


crop production» processing» end product disposal

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350
400
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Year of Publication
Number of Scientific Articles
"renewable resource"
biofuel*
bioproduct*
biorefin*
biorenewable*
Source: ISI Web of Science, March 2007

Scientific Article Trends by Keyword

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0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
"renewable
resource"
biofuel*
bioproduct*
biorefin*
biorenewable*
Keyword
Total number of scientific articles
Source: ISI Web of Science, March 2007

Total Scientific Articles 2000
-
2006
by Keyword

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Country

No. articles

% Total (583)

USA

178

30.5%

SWEDEN

60

10.3%

CANADA

42

7.2%

GERMANY

34

5.8%

NETHERLANDS

34

5.8%

ENGLAND

31

5.3%

AUSTRALIA

23

4.0%

INDIA

22

3.8%

JAPAN

22

3.8%

FINLAND

16

2.7%

Top 10 Countries

Total Articles 2000
-
2006: bioref* or bioenergy or bioproduct

43 Country/Territory value(s) outside display options

Source: ISI Web of Science

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Institution

No. articles

% Total (583)

Swedish Univ Agr Sci

27

4.6%

Oak Ridge Natl Lab

26

4.5%

USDA ARS

18

3.1%

Univ Utrecht

16

2.7%

Univ Tennessee

12

2.0%

Univ Aberdeen

11

1.9%

Univ British Columbia

11

1.9%

SUNY Coll Env Sci & Forestry

9

1.5%

Indian Inst Sci

8

1.4%

NREL

8

1.4%

Top 10 Institutions

Total Articles 2000
-
2006: bioref* or bioenergy or bioproduct

582 Institution Name value(s) outside display options

Source: ISI Web of Science

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Article Source

No. articles

% Total (583)

Biomass & Bioenergy

147

25.2%

Appl Biochem & Biotechnol

22

3.8%

[Abstracts of ACS Papers]

16

2.7%

Energy Policy

14

2.4%

Bioresource Technology

10

1.7%

Biocycle

9

1.5%

ZuckerIndustrie

9

1.5%

Biotechnol and Bioeng

8

1.4%

International Sugar Journal

8

1.4%

Pulp & Paper
-

Canada

7

1.2%

Top 10 Sources


Total Articles 2000
-
2006: bioref* or bioenergy or bioproduct

195 Source value(s) outside display options

Source: ISI Web of Science, March 2007

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Results :
Info Landscape

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Key Journals



Elsevier

ACS

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Results :
Info Landscape

Wiley

Springer




American Scientific Publishers

Journal of Biobased Materials and
Bioenergy

NCSU

BioResources

http://ncsu.edu/bioresources

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Results :
Info Landscape

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Journal
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magazine hybrid:



Industrial Biotechnology



(Mary Ann Liebert Inc) From 2005




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Magazine


Refocus

(Elsevier) From 2000

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Newsletter

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Results:
Info Landscape

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Web portals


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Results:
Info Landscape

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Web portals


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Results Summary

Research Landscape

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Academia, industry and government sectors

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Major activity: N America, Europe & Japan

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Relevant subjects:

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Plant biology, plant biotechnology

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Agronomy & forestry

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Chemical engineering

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Microbiology/industrial biotechnology

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Separations science

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Results Summary

Information Landscape


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20 core journals

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1 journal
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magazine hybrid

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1 magazine

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2 web portals

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Conclusions

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This emerging community has

different
information needs

to existing groups

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Need for

overview

information

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Need for

interdisciplinary

learning

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Need for

integration

of print and online
resources

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Web Portal and Journal

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