Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced the appointment of Caroline Black as Senior Publisher. Caroline is moving from her position as Managing Director of Portland Press Limited and Group Head of Publishing for the Biochemical Society.
Caroline brings a wealth of experience in STM publishing, having previously worked at Current Science, Thomson Science, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Blackwell Publishing and Mac Keith Press. In the newly created role of Senior Publisher, she will be responsible for the leadership, strategic direction, management and growth of a portfolio of BioMed Central's key products.
The BMC Series comprises community-focused inclusive open access journals and BioMed Central's Medical Evidence portfolio, a group of journals and databases which register and publish medical case reports, negative results, clinical trials and systematic reviews.