Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP), UK, has announced the appointment of Natasha Mellins-Cohen as the new Head of Content Management, effective April 2, 2013. Natasha succeeds Sharon Toop, who retired at the end of 2012 as Head of Production, after 38 years with IOP Publishing.
Natasha has over ten years' experience in the scientific, technical and medical publishing industry and is currently Head of Publishing Operations at BioMed Central. In this role she has overseen processing and strategy for the peer review process, production services for over 300 journals and has worked to improve data integrity and export processes. She also overhauled the production workflow, rolling out a new platform and negotiating with new suppliers.
Natasha regularly speaks about current publishing issues such as open access and delivered the keynote speech at the STM e-Production Seminar 2012.
