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

1. 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, 27th March 2007

2. Outline • SCI, Wiley and me • Motivation for the survey • Methodology • Results obtained • Outcome

3. SCI, Wiley and me • SCI: Society of Chemical Industry • International non-profit organisation • Individual members in 70 countries • Offices in North America & Australia • New offices in 2007: Europe and India • New office in 2008: China • Special interest groups cover many topics • Energy is an important theme for SCI

4. SCI, Wiley and me • SCI America • Corporate members include: • Awards: Perkin Medal Chemical Industry Medal Gordon E. Moore Medal • Works with Chemical Heritage Foundation

5. SCI, Wiley and me • Wiley • Global publisher of STM, P/T & HE content • 1250 STM journals • Celebrates bicentennial this year • My role • Tapping into experience of 2 organisations • 2 different cultures and 2 bosses!

6. SCI’s Publishing Porfolio

7. SCI’s Publishing Porfolio • 4 peer-reviewed research journals • Published by Wiley for over 10 years • International Editors and Contributors

8. Motivation for the Survey • Energy debate gathers momentum • Chemical industry facespublic & government demand for cleaner technologies • Growing public interest in theoriginof products and materials • Need to separate fact from fiction!

9. The Survey • What research is happening in the area offuels, chemicals and energyfrom renewable resources? • Whichgeographic regionsare involved? • Is this field growing in importance? • What is the information landscape? • What do researchers in this field need?

10. Methodology Research existing publications Literature searches to establish trends Expert interviews Key conferences Focus groups

11. Methodology Literature searches to establish trends “Most of the academic community see opportunities but don’t see the potential for chemistry in the biofuels industry. We could do with stronger steers and getting more chemistry into these meetings, so that biologists are talking to the chemists and vice versa.” ISI’s Web of Science Expert interviews

12. Methodology Expert interviews “There is a totally different network evolving now, which needs to bring in agricultural scientists, biologists, chemical engineers, chemists, business – even social sciences or policy effects are relevant…this area of research needs an interdisciplinary effort to succeed”

13. Methodology USA SIM’s Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels & Chemicals Bio’s World Congress on Industrial Biotechnol & Bioprocessing Key conferences • Europe • Renewable Resources & Biorefineries

14. 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”

15. 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”

16. Results: Research Landscape • Key activity in the Americas, Europe & Japan • Increasing activity in other parts of Asia • Clear R&D strategy in USA (DOE and USDA) • Europe gaining momentum: Biofuels Directive & FP7 • Key players in industry: • ADM, Cargill, DuPont, Roquette, Tate & Lyle, Novozymes, Genencor (Danisco), BP, British Sugar…

17. Results: Research Topics Key research themes: • Unlocking lignocellulosic biomass • 2nd generation biofuels, esp. ethanol • Combining biological and chemical conversions • Sustainability of entire systems: crop production» processing» end product disposal

18. Scientific Article Trends by Keyword Source: ISI Web of Science, March 2007

19. Total Scientific Articles 2000-2006 by Keyword Source: ISI Web of Science, March 2007

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. Results : Info Landscape • Key Journals Elsevier ACS

24. Results : Info Landscape Wiley American Scientific Publishers Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy NCSU BioResources http://ncsu.edu/bioresources Springer

25. Results : Info Landscape • Journal-magazine hybrid: Industrial Biotechnology (Mary Ann Liebert Inc) From 2005 • Magazine • Refocus (Elsevier) From 2000 • Newsletter

26. Results: Info Landscape • Web portals

27. Results: Info Landscape • Web portals

28. Results Summary Research Landscape • Academia, industry and government sectors • Major activity: N America, Europe & Japan • Relevant subjects: • Plant biology, plant biotechnology • Agronomy & forestry • Chemical engineering • Microbiology/industrial biotechnology • Separations science

29. Results Summary • Information Landscape • 20 core journals • 1 journal-magazine hybrid • 1 magazine • 2 web portals

30. Conclusions • This emerging community hasdifferent information needsto existing groups • Need foroverviewinformation • Need forinterdisciplinarylearning • Need forintegrationof print and online resources

31. Web Portal and Journal

32. Feedback • Preview site www.biofpr.com • Journal www.interscience.wiley.com/biofpr • Comments? sswann@wiley.co.uk Tel: +44 1243 770202