Greater inclusion and diversity in health, science and research

We are driving inclusion within our organization and throughout our communities in science, research and healthcare.

Embracing a more inclusive future

As a global leader in information and analytics, Elsevier is working to enhance diversity and inclusion in research and health across multiple dimensions.

"Inclusion and Diversity are at the heart of the way we work, think and run our business for our 9,500 colleagues around the world and for the communities that we serve."

Kumsal Bayazit

Chief Executive Officer

For our communities

As a global leader in scientific publishing, research, health information and data analytics, Elsevier aims to contribute, promote and drive inclusion in research and healthcare through an evidence-based approach with a coordinated set of actions that are informed by data.

Taking guidance from our Inclusion and Diversity Advisory Board

We are joining forces to eliminate systemic barriers and privileges, to open access to resources and opportunities for people to thrive.

We are guided by an independent Inclusion and Diversity Advisory Board populated by pre-eminent academics from around the world. The board provides expert guidance on career progression in academia of underrepresented groups, and by setting standards and best practices for I&D principles in scientific research.

Read about the board’s four areas for progress

Driving systemic change

By working together to remove systemic obstacles to participation and actively supporting career progression, we can more quickly towards an inclusive research ecosystem.

Our gender reports provide data by discipline and country on how representation of women is evolving; they identify gaps and where there is real progress.

Read our gender reports

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Elsevier, including The Lancet and Cell Press, is partnering with the MESSAGE (Medical Science Sex and Gender Equity) opens in new tab/window project, which aims to improve the integration of sex and gender considerations across data collection, analysis and reporting in biomedical, health and healthcare research in the UK.

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Enhancing accuracy, inclusion and scientific integrity through sex- and gender-based guidelines

The webinar Inclusive language in scientific publishing: Neurodiversity featured Hari Srinivasan (Vanderbilt University), Dr Mary Doherty (University College Dublin), and Axelle Ahanhanzo (LAUDACE).

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Words matter: Reframing neurodivergence in science, medicine and society

Dr Lidia Antonella Rivera Peñalva, Principal Investigator for the Coral Reef Alliance in Honduras, is a recipient of the 2024 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World.

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5 women scientists from Global South win award for water quality research

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Should medical professionals wear symbols of support for diverse populations?

For our customers

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for the people that use our platforms to do their work. That can mean helping authors factor diversity into the design, analyses and reporting of research studies, to ensuring that our healthcare and nursing platforms reflect the diversity of the people who benefit from them.

Inclusive and accessible platforms

The information across our research and health platforms needs to be accessible — designed to be universally usable so that people with disabilities can consume and contribute to research. We are committed to accessible design, deliberate practice whereby a person with a disability can access a service as fully, equally and independently as a person without a disability.

How we are improving accessibility

Driving inclusive research

Driving inclusive research is essential as the future of science requires a robust and diverse workforce drawn from all corners of society. We have embedded the SAGER Guidelines opens in new tab/window in our editorial guidelines and and working to train the next generation of researchers to consider inclusion at the design stage.

Making healthcare truly inclusive

The foundation of innovation lies with diversity and inclusion. At Elsevier, we have a diverse group of people creating our education and solutions. By reflecting the diversity of our world we ensure that we foster a more equitable healthcare worldwide.

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How we are contributing

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Three key principles for an accessible website

With Complete Anatomy's new full female model, created by Elsevier's 3D4Medical, users can switch between detailed female and male images with one click. Watch a video of how it works below.

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Together we created the most advanced 3D female anatomy model

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Clinical simulations help nursing students uncover their biases

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Close health equity gaps with inclusive drug information

Life at Elsevier

We want Elsevier to be a great place to work. We want our people to feel valued and have equal opportunities and benefit from pay equality, regardless of their gender identity, national origin, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age or disability status.

Life at Elsevier

"There’s mounting evidence that shows diverse teams drive better progress. And that’s important. But what is more important is to do what’s right. And I think it’s critical that people feel comfortable in their own skin and have equal opportunity to progress in any environment and community. …"

Kumsal Bayazit

Chief Executive Officer

Making progress on inclusion and diversity

Angelica Kerr (left), a Data Reporting Analyst at Elsevier, talks with Judy Verses, President of Academic & Government Markets, in Elsevier’s New York office. (Photo by Alison Bert)

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Elsevier inclusion & diversity data snapshot 2024

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Elsevier Inclusion & Diversity Data Snapshot 2023

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Elsevier inclusion & diversity data snapshot

Creating a more inclusive workforce

Because we value cultural differences at Elsevier, we have set a course to create a more diverse workforce. Among the key ways we are doing this are:

Developing talent for gender equity program A 9-month developmental journey to increase gender balance in senior leadership roles

Unconscious bias training 80% management participation to date

One of our five dimensions of diversity building disability confidence Helping managers and all colleagues learn about disability awareness, etiquette, disclosures and accommodations

Psychological safety 271 team workshops held for 2,585 participants in 2021

From our people

Catrina Scott, Senior Product Manager for Nursing Solutions at Elsevier, gives a presentation for the Florence Nightingale Foundation.

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Greater inclusion and diversity in health, science and research

Embracing a more inclusive future

For our communities

Taking guidance from our Inclusion and Diversity Advisory Board

Driving systemic change

Towards inclusivity in research and health

Enhancing accuracy, inclusion and scientific integrity through sex- and gender-based guidelines

Words matter: Reframing neurodivergence in science, medicine and society

5 women scientists from Global South win award for water quality research

Should medical professionals wear symbols of support for diverse populations?

For our customers

Inclusive and accessible platforms

Driving inclusive research

Making healthcare truly inclusive

How we are contributing

Three key principles for an accessible website

Together we created the most advanced 3D female anatomy model

Clinical simulations help nursing students uncover their biases

Close health equity gaps with inclusive drug information

Life at Elsevier

Making progress on inclusion and diversity

Elsevier inclusion & diversity data snapshot 2024

Elsevier Inclusion & Diversity Data Snapshot 2023

Elsevier inclusion & diversity data snapshot

Creating a more inclusive workforce

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