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elsevier.com

Category: Education

Scanned: May 21, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC · First seen: May 21, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
89 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of elsevier.com Captured May 21, 2026
https://elsevier.com
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32 years
Very Popular - #1,393 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
AWS EC2 (eu-west-1)
Dublin, Ireland
cloudflare
Next.js
52.212.180.87
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar SafeNames Ltd.
Registered July 2, 1993
Expires July 1, 2031
Name Servers NS1.REEDELSEVIER.COM
DNSSEC Signed
Hosting AWS EC2 (eu-west-1)
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
9 files scanned
No threats
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Low Risk
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Medium Risk
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High Risk
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www.elsevier.com/zh-cn 345.5 KB Flagged: high risk
www.elsevier.com/librarian 264.7 KB Flagged: high risk
www.elsevier.com/ja-jp 351.9 KB Flagged: high risk
www.elsevier.com/en-gb 344.8 KB Flagged: high risk
www.elsevier.com/support 341.3 KB Flagged: high risk
www.elsevier.com.http-redirect 84 B No threats
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id= 1.5 KB No threats
www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id= 1.5 KB No threats
www.elsevier.com/manifest.json 415 B No threats
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External Links & Domains
418
External Links
3 Flagged
0
Iframes
Clean
98
Referenced Domains
1 Flagged
4
Flagged Resources
Detected
survey.alchemer.euFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90475606/NextGen-Health?page%3D/Flagged: Generic Malicious Object
https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90475606/NextGen-Health?page%3D/librarianFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90475606/NextGen-Health?page%3D/supportFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90475606/NextGen-Health?page%3D/Flagged: Generic Malicious Object
https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90475606/NextGen-Health?page%3D/librarianFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90475606/NextGen-Health?page%3D/supportFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
http://elsevier.com/_next/static/NS-CAhRPi5rYd58g7zxUI/_buildManifest.jsNot flagged
http://elsevier.com/_next/static/NS-CAhRPi5rYd58g7zxUI/_ssgManifest.jsNot flagged
http://elsevier.com/_next/static/chunks/1062-c26f82a445a05374.jsNot flagged
http://elsevier.com/_next/static/chunks/1624.654d38e07b4562c8.jsNot flagged
http://elsevier.com/_next/static/chunks/1657-c373f194ddf5dbcc.jsNot flagged
http://elsevier.com/_next/static/chunks/1762.11763e4659bcccf5.jsNot flagged
http://elsevier.com/_next/static/chunks/1777.dccaf760013cfaf3.jsNot flagged
http://elsevier.com/_next/static/chunks/225.053c1b2a333b7c81.jsNot flagged
http://elsevier.com/_next/static/chunks/3670-25a447acc01ef6e3.jsNot flagged
http://elsevier.com/_next/static/chunks/3797-e774c30f1b76af66.jsNot flagged
http://elsevier.com/_next/static/chunks/4091.6cbb3af1f7cd9877.jsNot flagged
http://elsevier.com/_next/static/chunks/4198-4f95dffbb9cc9797.jsNot flagged
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survey.alchemer.euFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
3d4medical.comNot flagged
analytics.notify.elsevier.comNot flagged
app.researchfish.comNot flagged
assets.ctfassets.netNot flagged
beian.miit.gov.cnNot flagged
blog.scopus.comNot flagged
brand.elsevier.comNot flagged
business.elsevier.comNot flagged
cdn.cookielaw.orgNot flagged
cdn.optimizely.comNot flagged
commission.europa.euNot flagged
dev.elsevier.comNot flagged
downloads.ctfassets.netNot flagged
e-pic.elsevier.comNot flagged
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elsevier.com Overview

Description of elsevier.com

Elsevier.com appears to be the primary corporate website for Elsevier, a long-established publisher and information-services company focused on science, healthcare, and academic research. The page title and visible homepage content indicate that the site provides access to journal publishing, research tools, learning resources, healthcare information, and decision-support products for academic, government, and industry audiences.

Based on the domain name, branding, and on-page navigation, the website is operated by Elsevier itself rather than by a reseller or fan site. The homepage presents sections for publishing, journal discovery, products, support, and shopping, which is consistent with a large global research and professional-information platform serving authors, librarians, clinicians, educators, and institutions.

Safety Assessment for elsevier.com

The strongest reputation signals in this scan are favorable. The domain is very old, has a high public-traffic ranking, and was not flagged by any of the 91 security engines checked. In addition, the reviewed blacklist databases were clean at the time of this scan, with no listings in the checked phishing, malware, or DNS-based threat sources.

One malware scanner did report several pages and an external survey-related domain as malicious, but this appears to be an isolated heuristic-style finding rather than a broadly corroborated detection. The flagged items point to survey.alchemer.eu links embedded on certain Elsevier pages, which may reflect a false positive or a cautious classification of third-party survey content rather than confirmed harmful activity on the main domain itself. Because these findings were not supported by the broader engine consensus or blacklist results, they carry less weight.

Based on available data, no threats were detected at the time of this scan, aside from a limited uncorroborated scanner alert that may warrant routine caution when interacting with third-party survey links.

Technical Description

The site uses a valid SSL/TLS certificate and is served through Cloudflare, with hosting infrastructure associated with AWS EC2 in the eu-west-1 region (Dublin, Ireland). DNSSEC is enabled, which is a positive integrity signal for DNS responses. The domain has been registered since 1993 and is configured with dedicated nameservers under the Elsevier/Reed Elsevier naming scheme, which is consistent with established enterprise infrastructure.

No major technical red flags are evident from the provided data. The combination of long domain age, signed DNS, valid HTTPS, enterprise hosting, and clean blacklist status suggests a mature web presence at the time of this scan, although the isolated scanner alert tied to external survey links may merit periodic review.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://elsevier.com/
200 https://www.elsevier.com/
Website Insights
#1,393
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: Education
Rank History (30 days)
Apr 13 May 21
4 cookies detected
Essential4
Analytics0
Advertising0
Social0
4 1st party cookies
0 3rd party (trackers)
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