The Judging Panel
Colin Adcock, American Physical Society
Iain Craig, Wiley
Jill Emery, Portland State University
Richard Gedye, Scholarly and Professional Publishing Consultant
Alice Meadows, MoreBrains
Fabienne Michaud, Non Executive Director
Louise Russell, Tutton Russell Consulting
Steve Sharp, Sheffield Hallam University
Maggie Simmons, Geological Society
David Smith, The IET
David Sommer, Kudos (Chair)
Elaine Sykes, Lancaster University
Alexandra Winzeler, Digital Science
Conditions of Entry
- The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) reserves the right to make no Award if there are insufficient high quality applications.
- Applications must be made in accordance with the instructions under ‘How to apply’.
- The closing date for receipt of entries is 9 May 2025.
- ALPSP may publish a list of submissions and the statements of innovation or impact. All other information within the applications will be treated in strictest confidence.
- The judges will consider all the applications and draw up a shortlist. Representatives of the shortlisted applications will be invited to give a 15-minute virtual presentation to the Judges on 8 or 9 July.
- Each finalist will be invited to give a 5 minute presentation to showcase their application at the ALPSP Conference.
- There are no geographical restrictions on entries.
- If the publication or service is produced on behalf of another organization, the consent of the publication’s owner or service provider is required.
- Award Winners will receive a trophy and certificate. No cash alternative can be substituted for the prize.
- There are no restrictions on number of entries.
- Criteria for judging entries are as detailed above.
- Entries will not be returned.
- Winners of the Awards will be announced at the ALPSP Conference on 11 September 2025.

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.