Mike Rossner is an American open access activist and advocate for academic journal publishing. He was director of Rockefeller University Press from December 2006 to May 2013.
| Mike Rossner | |
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| English Mike rossner | |
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| Citizenship |  USA |
| Occupation | open access activist |
Biography
Rossner was educated at the University of Edinburgh . In 1997, Rossner became editor of the Journal of Cell Biology. December 1, 2006, he became director of The Rockefeller University Press , temporarily continued to act as editor of the Journal of Cell Biology, until he found a replacement [1] .
In May 2008, Rockefeller University Press adopted a new copyright policy. In accordance with it, the authors grant the publication a license to publish their articles, but retain their copyrights and can do whatever they want with the work. Use by third parties is subject to a user license that is similar to a Creative Commons license , except that it is prohibited to create a complete “mirror site” within the first six months after publication.
From 2013 to 2015, Rossner worked at Glencoe Software , and is currently President of Image Data Integrity Inc. Rossner is one of the organizers of Access2Research [2] .
In July 2009, the Coalition of Academic Resources and Scientific Publications awarded him the Innovator Prize [3] .
He is a supporter of open access policies [4] . He supports public access to US National Institutes of Health . He sharply opposed overpricing by major publications, which recently adhere to the practice of grouping subscriptions.
Notes
- ↑ Brown, Talley Henning. Mike Rossner takes the helm at The Rockefeller University Press (Eng.) // Benchmarks: journal. - 2007 .-- March 23. Archived on May 21, 2013.
- ↑ David Dobbs. Open-Science Geeks Invite Obama Onto Roller Coaster (May 25, 2012). Date of treatment May 28, 2012.
- ↑ Jennifer McLennan. A voice for change from within the publishing establishment: Mike Rossner honored as latest SPARC innovator (SPARC) (July 2, 2009) Date of treatment May 28, 2012. Archived on May 28, 2012.
- ↑ Richard Poynder. Open and Shut ?: RUP's Mike Rossner: Doing what's right (March 28, 2012). Date of treatment May 28, 2012.