Heather Joseph

Heather Joseph is a United States-based advocate for open access and particularly academic journal publishing reform. She is the Executive Director of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and a member of the PLOS Board of Directors.[1]

Heather Joseph
Joseph after meeting at the Office of Science and Technology Policy
NationalityAmerican
OccupationOpen access activists

Background

In the late 1990s, Joseph was the editor of Molecular Biology of the Cell. [2] In August 2000, Joseph was appointed President and COO of BioOne. In this role, Joseph led the non-profit start-up enterprise’s business, operational, administrative, and strategic development. [3]

Projects

Joseph encourages scientists to encourage their publications to get the broadest readership possible by discussing publishing options with research institutions, scientific societies, and the government.[2]

She advocates for the passing of the Federal Research Public Access Act.[4]

She is one of the organizers of Access2Research.[5]

In December 2020, the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) recognized her accomplishments "as a leader in the open access movement" by selecting Joseph for the 2021 Miles Conrad Award.[6]

References
  1. Darlene Yaplee (2012-05-17). "PLoS Appoints Two New Members to Board of Directors". Retrieved 2013-01-25.
  2. Rossner, M. (2008). "Heather Joseph: Getting the message across". The Journal of Cell Biology. 183 (3): 368–369. doi:10.1083/jcb.1833pi. PMC 2575776. PMID 18981225.
  3. http://www.bioonepublishing.org/news/bioone-appoints-heather-joseph-president-and-coo/ BioOne Appoints Heather Joseph President and COO
  4. Michael Nielsen. "How you can help the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) become law". Archived from the original on 2012-05-03. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
  5. David Dobbs (2012-05-25). "Open-Science Geeks Invite Obama Onto Roller Coaster". Wired. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
  6. "2021 Miles Conrad Lecturer Announced | NISO website". www.niso.org. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
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