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Sage buys Libertas Academica portfolio
Sage Publishing has announced the purchase of the full portfolio of journals from the open access publisher, Libertas Academica. Founded in 2004, Libertas Academica is an independent publisher specialising in clinical medicine, biological sciences and chemistry. The publishing portfolio covers topics such as cardiology, neurology, biochemistry, genetics, and analytical chemistry. Sage will publish the full journal portfolio of 83 titles. David Ross, Sage publishing’s executive
director of open access, commented: ‘Sage has always been committed to driving forwards open business models in the scholarly communications market, and this acquisition clearly demonstrates our long term commitment to OA publishing. ‘Libertas Academica’s solid, high quality journal program perfectly complements Sage’s existing OA program, and we are delighted to be able to welcome such a broad spectrum of journals.’ Libertas Academica’s CEO Tom Hill added: ‘Since Libertas Academica was established over a decade ago, our publishing goal was to support high quality open access global publishing. Sage is one of those rare companies that has the global reach of a large business, with the mindset, culture and adaptability of an innovative supportive company, working directly with the scholarly community. ‘We are delighted that Sage is taking
over the publication portfolio and know with confidence that Sage is the right publisher to take forwards the development of these journals. We look forward to seeing the journals prosper in their new home.’
Libertas Academica specialises in the
biological sciences and clinical medicine
New directors for Kudos
Kudos has announced new appointments to its board of directors and the successful close of a second funding round. From 1 January, Jon Conibear will be non-executive chairman. Conibear is an experienced publisher with a career that has included executive-level roles with Oxford University Press, Blackwell Science, Informa and Hearst. Also joining the Kudos
board are Jan Christopher Maier and Dominic Ely. Jan founded Avedas, a software company, providing the research information system Converis to the university sector. Dominic brings more than 20 years’ experience as a finance professional. The appointments follow the
successful close of a second funding round for Kudos. ‘I’m extremely pleased to be welcoming Jon, Jan and
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Dominic to our board,’ said Melinda Kenneway, executive director of Kudos. ‘We’re a small team of committed people with a big idea – to help research have more impact. We’re grateful for the support of our users and customers as we continue to bring this idea to life. I’m looking forward to the additional skills and insights that this experienced team will bring to assist us in developing and delivering exemplary
services for the research community.’
Conibear added: ‘I have been
impressed by the commitment of the management team and the progress Kudos has made in a relatively short period of time in winning the support of almost 100 world- leading publishers, societies and universities in just over two years. I look forward to supporting its strategic development.’
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