The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) is an international trade association of non-profit publishers created in 1972. It is the largest association of scholarly and professional publishers in the world, with over 300 members in 30 countries.

ALPSP awards

The ALPSP Awards recognise excellence and innovation in scholarly communications. The winners are announced at the ALPSP Conference. ALPSP is an inaugural signatory of the

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, and has taken steps to support the achievement of the

Sustainable Development Goals The ''2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development'', adopted by all United Nations (UN) members in 2015, created 17 world Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The aim of these global goals is "peace and prosperity for people and the planet" – wh ...

(SDGs) in the publishing industry. These include creation of the University Press Redux Sustainability Award with

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in 2020. The inaugural award was given to the

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(OECD) for its SDG Pathfinder, an open-access digital discovery tool for finding content and data relating to the SDGs. Also recognized were

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and

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''Learned Publishing''

ALPSP publishes a peer reviewed quarterly journal called ''Learned Publishing'', covering the field of scholarly publishing. The journal is Open Access (OA) and published on behalf of ALPSP by

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. The journal is indexed and has an Impact Factor, and is considered to be of a high level and to offer stimulating insights on the evolution of

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. The current Editor-in-Chief is Laura Dormer, and the North American Editor is Michelle Urberg.

Events

ALPSP runs a series of events including training workshops, seminars, webinars and other events at various meetings, such as Frankfurt and London Book Fairs. It runs a three-day annual conference that attracts several hundred participants from around the world.

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ALPSP awards

''Learned Publishing''

Events

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