Newswise — NEW YORK -- The Rockefeller University Press (RUP) is pleased to announce that Susan King has joined the Press as Executive Director. King will oversee the editorial and business operations for RUP, which publishes three biomedical journals: The Journal of Experimental Medicine, founded in 1896; The Journal of General Physiology, founded in 1918; and The Journal of Cell Biology, founded in 1955.
King joins RUP from the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Washington, DC, where she was Senior Vice President for the Journals Publishing Group since 2008. She will continue her role as chair of the Board of Directors of CHOR, Inc., a nonprofit 501(c)(3) membership organization, and its first initiative, CHORUS. RUP is a publisher member of CHORUS, which advances, monitors, and reports on public access to content reporting on funded research.
"It is a privilege to join the Rockefeller community and to contribute to the continued success of RUP's journals," says King. "I am honored to be part of an organization that has such a strong reputation and history of leadership in the scientific community." For more than a century, RUP has provided scientists with vital research and information they can trust. The Press uses the latest technologies to fulfill its commitment to quality and integrity in scientific publishing. It carries out rigorous peer review, applying the highest standards of novelty, mechanistic insight, data integrity, and general interest.
All three journals are edited by leading researchers in conjunction with in-house scientific editors. Authors retain their copyright, and articles are published under a modified Creative Commons license. RUP is a department of The Rockefeller University, a world-renowned center for research and graduate education in the biomedical sciences, chemistry, bioinformatics, and physics.
"I am delighted that Susan is bringing her extensive editorial, publishing, and management experience to RUP," says Timothy O'Connor, Vice President of University Strategy and Research Operations at The Rockefeller University. "Susan has an incredible work ethic, reputation, and record of achievement in publishing. After a national search she was our clear choice to lead the Press, and we are thrilled to have her on board."
King has previously served on the Executive Committee of the Professional & Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers, Inc. (AAP). Prior to ACS, she spent 15 years at John Wiley & Sons, where she served in various editorial and management capacities. King received her PhD in immunology from the University of Glasgow.
For more information about RUP, please visit www.rupress.org.
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