The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced the appointment of scientific information and publishing industry specialist Jan Kuras to lead and implement the organisation's open access strategy.
Kuras joins RSC's publishing team as Open Access Development Manager and brings over 20 years' experience in scientific information and publishing to this new role, including in product development, strategy and business planning.
Previously Publisher within the Springer Chemistry group, Kuras led their open access publishing strategy for chemistry to establish the open access publishing platform Chemistry Central as a highly successful operation, including the launch of the open access journals Journal of Cheminformatics and Heritage Science, which have quickly become among the leaders in their fields. He also brings valuable experience from roles at Elsevier and Thomson Science.
The Royal Society of Chemistry claims to be the the world's leading chemistry community, advancing excellence in the chemical sciences. With over 49,000 members and a knowledge business that spans the globe, the Society is the UK's professional body for chemical scientists.
