Scientific publisher RSC Publishing, UK, the publishing arm of the Royal Society of Chemistry, has announced the appointment of Dr James Milne as the new editorial director for the Royal Society of Chemistry's Publishing Division. Dr Milne will take up the role, based at the RSC's offices on the Cambridge Science Park, on May 5, 2009.
Dr Milne started his publishing career at Pergamon Press in 1992, (which later became Elsevier) managing a portfolio of engineering books and journals. He went on to develop new media products before, in 2001, heading up the organic and inorganic chemistry portfolio. Among developments with the Tetrahedron journals, Dr Milne initiated the annual Tetrahedron Symposium series, leading most recently to responsibility for the development of Elsevier's virtual conference activities.
Wholly owned by the Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC Publishing publishes a wide range of journals, magazines, databases and books. It claims to be one of the largest publishers of chemical science information.
