The presentation discusses the Japan Science and Technology Agency's (JST) efforts to promote science and technology in Japan through various activities and databases. Specifically, it focuses on JST's bibliographic database, which contains over 20 million academic documents and 4 million full-text links. The database provides abstracts, indexes, and links to full-text content. Usage surveys found that researchers prefer Japanese journals but institutions prefer foreign journals. JST works to expand and improve coverage of both Japanese and foreign publications.

1. The JST Bibliographic Database
Approach for Access to E-
Journals
SSP Annual Meeting
Jun. 7th, 2007
2E;Navigating the Japanese Market
Toshiaki Uematsu
Japan Science and Technology Agency
http://www.jst.go.jp/EN/index.html

2. Mission of JST
JST’s mission is to promote science and technology in
Japan by conducting a broad range of activities.
Content of Activities
 Creating advanced technology
 Promoting business using advanced technology
 Promoting dissemination of scientific and
technological information
 Researcher exchange and research support
 Promoting understanding of science and technology
by the public
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3. Promoting dissemination of S&T
information
JST activities:
1. To build and maintain bibliographic and factual
databases to construct the foundation of S&T
activities.
2. To make and disseminate databases of resources
on researchers, research institutions and research
resources.
3. To aid the digitization and publication of electronic
journals of Japanese academic societies.
JST is the major S&T information dissemination center of Japan
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4. Overview of STI Activities by JST
Literature Databases * Commercial databases
(All services are charged)
*
** Partially charged (fulltext
may require subscription
** and charge)
Research Information Databases Factual Databases & Others
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5. Literature Databases
 Retrieval system for JST bibliographic
database
 over 20 million academic documents
 over 4 million fulltext links via CrossRef
 E-Journal site
 over 100 thousand fulltext documents (only
those published by the Japanese Society)
 one of the Link Resolvers
 Navigation to CrossREF, J-STAGE,
PubMed, Chemport (STN; CAPlus)
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6. Flow of JST bibliographic database
creation
Gathering information Database creation Providing information
Gathering resources Bibliography <photocopy service>
making
Adoption
Bib.data
Data
Article title,
Author,
Vol., No., Pages
JSTPlus
Number of bibliographies
Total :1,055,900 JMEDPlus
Japanese: 625,700 <E-Journal,etc>
To archive Foreign : 430,200 JST7580
center Abs.&Ind.
making ･･･
Abs.&Ind.
Abstract
Index data MEDLINE
Archive Center
Number of abstracts ･･･
Number of collections Number of titles Total :635,400
Japanese:12,000 Japanese:10,500 Japanese:296,100
Journals : 9,500 Journals : 8,000 Foreign :339,300
Others : 2,500 Others : 2,500
Number of indexes
Foreign : 4,600 Foreign : 2,600 Total :958,000
Journals : 3,300 Journals : 2,600 Japanese:615,300 <Factual Database>
Others : 1,300 Others : 0 Foreign :342,700 User

7. the trends in the number of records and number
of collections (1981-2005)
Number of recordsT 文献データベース・収集対象誌数・収録件数推移（1 9 8 1 - 2 0 0 5Number of collections
収録件数 JS 年） 誌数
7 0 0 ,0 0 0 1 2 ,0 0 0
6 0 0 ,0 0 0 foreign articles
外国誌 収録件数 1 0 ,0 0 0
Japanese articles
国内誌 収録件数
foreign titles
外国誌 収集対象誌数
Japanese titles
5 0 0 ,0 0 0 国内誌 収集対象誌数
8 ,0 0 0
4 0 0 ,0 0 0
6 ,0 0 0
3 0 0 ,0 0 0
4 ,0 0 0
2 0 0 ,0 0 0
2 ,0 0 0
1 0 0 ,0 0 0
0 0
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5

8. JDreamII to fulltext link
User bib. database LinkResolver E-Journal
Direct Access E-Journal
Direct Link E-Journal
via Particular E-Journal
LinkResolver Article No.
via Universal Universal
E-Journal
LinkResolver LinkResolver
OpenURL
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9. sample of output records
Bibliography
OpenURL Link
Abstract
Direct Link
Index Link Resolver
Link Information ・ J-STAGE
・ CrossRef
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10. survery to JDreamII users
[Q] What kinds of resources do you find essential in searching
for articles? (n = 1390)
J a pa ne s e journa ls 81.9%
Fore ign J ourna ls 71.8%
J a p a ne s e re port s 58.1%
J a pa ne s e re vie ws 48.6%
Fore ign re vie ws 38.5%
Fore ign re port s 38.1%
J a pa ne s e pro c e e dings 35.4%
J a pa ne s e Te c h.re port 33.0%
Fore ign pro c e e dings 28.3%
J a pa ne s e dis s e rt a t ions 18.1%
ot he rs 2.1%
0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0% 80.0% 90.0%
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11. survery to JDreamII
users(cont.)
[Q] What kinds of resources do you find essential in searching for articles?
(n = 1390)
 educational institutions and research institutes place greater importance on foreign
journals
 medical institutions, government offices, and corporations place greater importance on
Japanese journals
1st 2nd 3rd
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12. JST Bibliographic Database
Maintenance Advisory Committee
Foreign Journal Collecting Principles for the year 2007
 continue coverage of journals already indexed
 widen the coverage of basic science field journals with
high citation counts
 widen the coverage of life science and agricultural
science field journals starting from those with the
highest citation counts
 expand the coverage to include resources not available
on other databases
 include journals that publish the research results of
Japanese researchers
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