STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that Jan Velterop, the company's Director of Open Access, and a driving force behind Springer Open Choice, will be leaving Springer to pursue a new career as CEO of KnewCo Inc.
Velterop joined Springer in August 2005 from BioMedCentral, an established open access biomedical research publisher, where he was Publishing Director. Over the past years at Springer, Velterop was instrumental in both outreach to the research community and also in familiarising Springer's publishing professionals with the possibilities that open access can deliver for the company.
Springer launched its Springer Open Choice service in July 2004 as a pioneering project which provides an additional publication option to the traditional subscription model. Authors can choose to make their articles freely available worldwide on the Internet, for a fee of $ 3,000. Open Choice is Springer's response to the sometimes energetic debate on the open access publishing model.
The global publisher will continue to develop Open Choice and remains committed to growing the share of articles published using open access. Going forward, Wim van der Stelt, Executive Vice President of Business Development, will be responsible for Springer Open Choice.
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