Elsevier Launches Reaxys ChemSearch Challenge
Elsevier, a provider of scientific,
technical and medical information products and services, is now accepting
registration for the Reaxys
ChemSearch Challenge, "a series of online quizzes that measure how quickly
chemists can find the information they need to correctly answer research
questions."
According to Elsevier, scientific output is doubling every nine years and is
being distributed through a growing number of digital channels, making it more
challenging for chemists to find relevant data quickly. The goal of the
ChemSearch Challenge is to measure the relative merits of different approaches
to searching chemistry databases and search engines.
Chemists can register online on the ChemSearch Challenge's site or in person
at Elsevier's booth at the American
Chemical Society's national meeting taking place in Boston, MA August
16-20. The challenge will run for 12 weeks from September to December 2015,
and chemists can enter at any time throughout the challenge. Each week the
challenge will present a new set of chemistry questions to solve, with weekly
prizes and a weekly leaderboard. When the challenge is over, Elsevier will
analyze the data collected and report on its findings. Elsevier indicated it hopes the
resulting information will help the chemistry community identify and understand
bottlenecks in search tools and produce better products for chemists.
Further information and online registration for the Reaxys ChemSearch
Challenge can be found on the challenge's site.
About the Author
Leila Meyer is a technology writer based in British Columbia. She can be reached at [email protected].