- Hello and happy 2019 to
all our librarian partners
and the researchers,
teachers, and students
who use JoVE content in
their labs and classroom.
I'm Dipesh Navani, Director
of Production at JoVE.
We had an exciting year
creating new videos
and services for you.
Our work has paid off.
In 2018, the number of unique visitors
to the JoVE website jumped
to almost six million,
a 50% increase over 2017.
This increase shows how our publications
and content reflect the
growing and varied interests
of the world wide STEM community.
Now let's discuss the JoVE Journal.
In 2018 we produced 1,414 videos
across 13 series,
bringing the total number
of Journal video articles to 8,242.
We also reduced the average
time for article publication
from eight months to six.
Our increased productivity
allows us to create
about 50% more articles per month.
We now have 83 videographers
who cover 28 countries.
There were JoVE videographers
in 14 additional cities,
such as Bordeaux, France;
Brisbane, Australia;
and Portland, Oregon,
but we aren't just increasing the volume
of videos we publish or
our geographic footprint.
We are also creating videos demonstrating
exciting, cutting edge
protocols from some of
the most innovative labs
and scientists in the world.
When you publish in JoVE,
you are in elite company.
This past year we published
an article on CRISPR
from the lab of Doctor George
Church of Harvard and MIT.
Additionally, we had the honor of seeing
one of our authors win the
2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Doctor Frances H. Arnold
of the California Institute of Technology.
She becomes the fifth Nobel Laureate
that has published in JoVE.
We also have added new
resources to better support you.
One of them is the JoVE
Author Profile Page series.
It helps you get
acquainted with the people
behind the research.
Now we turn to our
Science Education library.
We added 104 new videos,
bringing the total to 601
individual videos in eight series.
Additionally in 2018,
we added seven new engineering sections
with 100 videos in total.
They will revolutionize
the engineering classroom,
boosting student performance
while making life easier for teachers.
To better address the needs
of all our global users
we added closed captioning
for the following languages:
English, Arabic, Chinese, German,
Italian, French, Portuguese, Russian,
Spanish, and Turkish.
To enable an active learning environment
and enhance student knowledge retention,
we have added customizable
quizzing capabilities
across all our science education videos.
We now also support the ability to embed
our education videos
seamlessly into your existing
learning management systems.
We are growing strategically
with our users in mind.
For instance, to help partner institutions
get the most out of both our
Science Education content
and Journal content
we added a six member
customer success group.
We look forward to delivering
even more great content
and related services in 2019.
So look for our New
Year's preview greeting.
Together we'll change how science is done.
