Elsevier is the world`s largest international Publisher. ELSEVIER  - Agreement between the LEPL - Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation and ELSEVIER BV was concluded on 28 May 2014. The agreement was renewed in 2017. In the framework of the agreement, a consortium of 21 organizations was established and representatives of the abovementioned organizations and Georgian research community had a full access to the world’s largest International Publisher - ELSEVIER’s Databases.  The consortia consisted of the state universities,  3 research centers, 1 scientific institute, Georgian National Academy of Science, Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences and  Georgian National Museum.

The agreement was renewed again  in 2019 and LEPL Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia fully funded the access on Elsevier Database  for the consortia which consists of 55 members including both State and Private Universities, research centers and institutions and the representatives of the consortia have an access on Elsevier bases: Scopus; Science Direct, funding institutional (Scival funding), which gives them an opportunity to use world`s newest literature for their research and educational activities.

 

Among the consortia members are:

 

 

1. Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Georgia
2. LEPL Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia
3. LEPL Akaki Tsereteli State University
4. N(N)LE New Georgian University
5. LTD Batumi Navigation Teaching University
6. LEPL Batumi State Maritime Academy
7. LEPL Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
8. LEPL Chubinashvili National Research Centre for Georgian Art History and Heritage Preservation
9. N(N)LE Gelati Theological Academy and Seminary of the Georgian Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church
10. LTD Grigol Robakidze University
11. LTD European University
12. LEPL Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire
13. LTD Free University of Tbilisi
14. LEPL Tbilisi State Medical University
15. LTD Tbilisi Open Teaching University
16. LEPL Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University
17. LEPL Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
18. LEPL Ilia State University
19. LTD Caucasus International University
20. LTD Caucasus University
21. LEPL Korneli Kekelidze Georgian National Centre of Manuscripts
22. LTD Petre Shotadze Medical Academy
23. LEPL Samtskhe-Javakheti State University
24. N(N)LE Agricultural University of Georgia
25. LEPL Kutaisi International University
26. LTD Davit Aghmashenebeli University of Georgia
27. LEPL Georgian National Museum
28. LTD Georgian Aviation University
29. N(N)LE Saint Andrew the First-Called Georgian University of the Patriarchate of Georgia
30. LEPL Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences
31. LEPL Georgian Technical University
32. LTD University of Georgia
33. LEPL Shota Rustaveli University of Theatre and Film Georgia State University
34. LEPL Sokhumi State University
35. LEPL Gori State Teaching University
36. LEPL David Aghmashenebeli National Defence Academy of Georgia
37. LEPL Apolon Kutateladze State Academy of Arts
38. LEPL I. Beritashvili Centre of Experimental Biomedicine
39. LEPL Shota Meskhia Zugdidi State University
40. LEPL Batumi Teaching University of Arts
41. LTD Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani Teaching University
42. LTD Georgian-American University
43. LTD Kutaisi University
44. LTD Georgian National Teaching University SEU
45. LTD Business and Technology University
46. LTD Guram Tavartkiladze Tbilisi Teaching University
47. LTD Tbilisi Humanitarian Teaching University
48. LLC International Black Sea University
49. LEPL Georgian National Academy of Sciences
50. LEPL – Ferdinand Tavadze Metallurgy and Materials Science Institute
51. N(N)LE New Vision University
52. LTD East European University
53. N(N)LE Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA)
54. LTD Teaching University Geomedi
55. Eliava Institute of Bacteriophages, Microbiology and Virology
56. LTD Davit Tvildian Medical University
57. LEPL E. Kharadze Georgian National Astrophysical Observatory

 

 As a result of the agreement, representatives of consortium member organizations - students, academic-scientific and administrative staff have access to Elsevier databases (Scopus, Science Direct) with full funding from the foundation.  

Additionally, the Foundation has subscribed to SciVal database which provides access to the characteristics of 23,500 research institutes and their affiliated researchers in 234 countries.  SciVal is an important analytical tool for the evaluation of the scientific productivity of Georgia.

Total budget of the subscription is 432,483 euros and is fully funded by the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia.