From Elsevier to BioMed Central

Christopher Leonard, former Publishing Editor for theoretical computer science journals at Elsevier, has moved to BioMed Central.  (Thanks to Computational Complexity.)  He describes the transition on his blog for October 10:

After a hiatus of nearly a year, I'm glad to report that I am back working in the field of scientific publishing. I have been asked by BioMed Central to develop their physics, mathematics & computer science titles which will, like all journals published by BMC, be open access & free to read.

As many of you will know, I left Elsevier late last year and went to work for an interactive music company called Digimpro. They are still going strong with their community-driven site, but the opportunity to get back into the STM world on a more (ahem) respectable side of the fence was too good to pass up....

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the people who were so understanding in my previous role and invite them to get in touch....OA is only getting stronger and it is time for the real scientists to enjoy the benefits that biologists and their medical friends have been enjoying for years!

PS:  While he was at Elsevier, Leonard played a role in the experiment to offer one year of free online access to Information and Computation.

Update. Also see the BMC press release (October 24) announcing Leonard's new role and Bryan Vickery's new position at Chemistry Central.