John Wiley & Sons, Inc, announced today that Dr. James Milne has been
appointed to the position of Publishing Director, Physical Sciences.
From September 1st Dr. Milne will join the leadership team of the
Research Communications group, part of Wiley’s Global Research business.
Dr. Milne brings over twenty years of experience in scientific
publishing and will lead Wiley’s global physical science journals
portfolio from Oxford, England, and Weinheim, Germany, the home of the Wiley-VCH imprint.
Dr. Milne first entered STM publishing by joining Pergamon Press after
completing his PhD in computational structural engineering. After
Pergamon was acquired by Elsevier Dr. Milne held a number of editorial
positions over 17 years, becoming Executive Publisher for Chemistry and
latterly Business Developer, Innovation and Business Development.
In 2009 Dr. Milne joined the Royal
Society of Chemistry as Editorial Director, being appointed Managing
Director, Publishing a short time later. He is Chair of the STM Training
Committee and a member of the board and council of the Association
of Learned and Professional Society Publishers.
Wiley’s physical sciences portfolio is an established source of world
leading research, as reflected by the recent increase
in journal impact factors. Leading titles include Angewandte
Chemie, Advanced
Materials and Advanced
Energy Materials.
“I am delighted to be joining Wiley to lead the strategic development of
their internationally renowned physical science journal portfolio,” said
Dr. Milne. “The titles are very highly respected and incredibly well
supported by their associated research communities. I have been very
impressed by the expertise and dedication of Wiley’s publishing
professionals and look forward to joining them this September.”
“Jim is taking on the leadership of our immensely powerful journals
programme in the physical sciences at an exciting time,” said Philip
Carpenter, VP and Managing Director, Research Communications, Wiley.
“His experience will be invaluable as we continue to build our portfolio
and develop new products and services to support authors and researchers
in all aspects of their work.”
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