Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers

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.

Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers

Abbreviation	ALPSP
Formation	1972; 53 years ago (1972)
Legal status	A company limited by guarantee and incorporated in England and Wales
Purpose	To connect, inform, develop and represent the scholarly and professional publishing community and to be an advocate on behalf of the non-profit publishing sector
Headquarters	Egale1, 80 St Albans Road, Watford, Hertfordshire WD17 1DL, UK
Membership	Nearly 300 members in 30 countries
Chief Executive	Wayne Sime
Website	www.alpsp.org

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 SDG Publishers Compact, and has taken steps to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the publishing industry. These include creation of the University Press Redux Sustainability Award with Cambridge University Press in 2020. The inaugural award was given to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for its SDG Pathfinder, an open-access digital discovery tool for finding content and data relating to the SDGs. Also recognized were Taylor & Francis and Bristol University Press.

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 Wiley. 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 digital publishing.

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.

See also

• List of university presses
• List of academic journals associated with learned and professional societies

References

1. Hames, Irene (2007). Peer review and manuscript management in scientific journals: guidelines for good practice. Wiley-Blackwell. p. Appendix III. ISBN 978-1-4051-3159-9.
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5. "SDG Publishers Compact Members". United Nations Sustainable Development. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
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9. "SDG Pathfinder". sdg-pathfinder.org.
10. "Sustainable Development Goals Online". Taylor & Francis.
11. "Policy Press". Policy Press and Bristol University Press.
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14. "ALPSP Events". Archived from the original on December 11, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
15. "ALPSP Conference". Archived from the original on December 11, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.

External links

• Official website