Understanding open access publishing and its chances for sustainability | Editage Insights

"Dr. Caroline Sutton is Co-Founder of Co-Action Publishing, an open access international academic publishing house that covers a range of disciplines. Prior to Co-Action, she served as an Editorial Manager, and later as a Publisher under previous employer, Taylor & Francis (Informa). From 2008 to 2013, she served as the first President of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), where currently she is a board member. She is also Director at Infrastructure Services for Open Access (IS4OA), the managing organization of the Directory of Open Access Journal. Some of the other boards Dr. Sutton has previously served on are the board of SPARC Europe (2010 – 2013), the Lund University Library Board (2008 – 2010), the Advisory Board at Linköping University Press, and the Advisory Board for Open Access Publishing in European Networks (OAPEN). Internationally networked with publishing and library communities, Dr. Sutton is a notable advocate and an active expert on open access publishing: among her many engagements concerning open access, she participated with entities such as the European Commission, where she served as Rapporteur. Dr. Sutton continues to discuss, debate, and work on many projects through Co-Action with leading research groups and figures. She developed the Best Practices Guide to OA Journal Publishing together with Lund University Libraries Main Office. Dr. Sutton holds a PhD in Sociology from Uppsala University, Sweden."