PDFplus

The best of both worlds

Reports show that for the online delivery of full-text content users demand the reference linking interactivity of HTML, yet given the choice, they are nearly four times as likely to opt for PDF. With its lower cost and fidelity to print, publishers also prefer PDF, which has long been considered the authoritative edition of an article.

Atypon's PDFplus allows you to retain the advantages of the PDF format while adding incredible value to your content. PDFplus dynamically overlays reference links and reduces download time by compressing images, enabling you to provide users with full-text PDF articles with the functionality of HTML, at a fraction of the cost.

Benefits for Publishers

  • Give users the dynamic reference linking they demand in the delivery format they prefer - PDF.
  • Provide up-to-date and accurate linking information with automatically generated reference links that are refreshed on a regular basis.
  • Save time and money by avoiding the production, maintenance, and errors inherent in full-text HTML content delivery.
  • Maintain the consistency of your typeset pages, including figures, tables, and other styles.
  • Add branding and personalization information to your PDF at the point when the content is delivered to the user.
  • Keep your content portable and industry standard - PDFplus documents are non proprietary and can be hosted anywhere.

User Benefits

  • Interactive PDFs include dynamically generated, regularly refreshed links to external bibliographic databases, including CrossRef and PubMed.
  • Decreased file sizes mean faster download times, while retaining the original layout and structure of the articles.
  • A single document contains the full text and reference linking in a screen-ready and printer-friendly format.
  • No plug-ins required. Adobe Acrobat Reader (or equivalent) is all that's needed to take advantage of PDFplus

  • Discover new relevant research by seeing up-to-date links to articles that have cited the current article.

"Our users want contextual reference linking that facilitates research in new, innovative ways. We looked at full-text HTML, but settled on Atypon's PDFplus solution, as it addressed our users' demands and our needs at an affordable price. Since then, we've seen our PDF downloads increase tremendously."

Tom Mulak, Vice President of Electronic Journals, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers

Linking: now a two-way street

Each article is part of a chain of references: articles cite prior articles at the time of publication, and are in turn cited by subsequent articles.

PDFplus provides this two-way linking within the PDF article. This is achieved by utilizing external bibliographic databases such as CrossRef, PubMed, and additional abstracting and indexing databases that the publisher selects.

When links change or are added, the changes are automatically reflected in your PDFs, meaning your links—both forward and backward—are always valid and up-to-date.

"As a medical scientific publisher, linking our online references is essential for us to maintain the service level that savvy online subscribers have come to expect. PDFplus allows us to offer this critical service to users who prefer full-text PDF, and for our single article delivery customers.

Atypon's turnaround time is very quick. This is important to us because we host our own content. If we ever have problems with our data, or inquiries with regard to how a file should be deposited, Atypon's technical staff is always very swift to respond with a solution or suggestion."

Sharon Mattern Büttiker, Web Alliance Manager, S. Karger AG