The ALPSP Impact Award 2024
Now in its second year, our award, sponsored by PA EDitorial, celebrates significant initiatives, projects or collaborations within scholarly communication and academic research that are making a positive difference. The impact can be on society, attitudes, education, equality, diversity, inclusion, the environment or any area making a significant difference to people.
ALPSP Impact Award Winner 2024
JSTOR Access in Prison
The JSTOR Access in Prison initiative is a transformative project providing people who are incarcerated – to be 10.3 million globally – with access to the same library of academic journals and scholarly resources as are available to students on traditional college campuses. JSTOR bridges the gap between the incarcerated population and the academic world, empowers people without agency to engage with education and research, and significantly contributes to more life opportunities through information literacy.
Highly Commended
The Forest of Biologists
The Forest of Biologists is a bio-positive publishing initiative from The Company of Biologists. It aligns with the concerns of biologists worldwide about climate change and biodiversity loss, with a clear focus on biodiversity (not carbon offsetting). Embedded in core publishing activities, it offers bio-positive options for authors and non-financial rewards for peer reviewers (promoting journal loyalty) and has captured the attention of library customers.
Finalist for 2024
Shortlisted for the ALPSP Impact Awards 2024: OJS (Open Journal Systems)
The judging panel
David Sommer, Chief Product Officer & Co-founder, Kudos (Chair)
Iain Craig, Senior Director of Market & Publishing Analytics, Wiley
Richard Gedye, Scholarly and Professional Publishing Consultant
Robert Iannello, Education Senior Product Manager, ARM Education Media
Alice Meadows, Co-founder, MoreBrains
Fabienne Michaud, Product Manager, Crossref
Louise Russell, Director, Tutton Russell Consulting
Steve Sharp, Head of Library Resources, Sheffield Hallam University
David Smith, Head of Technology Strategy, The IET
Elaine Sykes, Head of Open Research, Lancaster University
Alexandra Winzeler.