Scholarly Publishers Join Forces to Launch Scientific Society Publisher Alliance (SSPA)

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Washington, D.C.  – November 6, 2017 – A group of prestigious not-for-profit scientific membership societies today announced the launch of the Scientific Society Publisher Alliance (SSPA) (byscientistsforscience.org), an intiative focused on building awareness of and support for publication of scientific research by scientist-run scientific societies.   The SSPA started as a collaboration of scientific societies that  came together to reinforce and communicate the excellence, importance, and uniqueness of their journals.  The launch of the SSPA today formalizes this collaboration.  The SSPA seeks to emphasize the value of publishing vital scientific research in scholarly journals managed by working scientists, and edited and peer reviewed in a fair and supportive manner by working scientists.  Publishing in a society journal supports researchers and the scientific community, through reinvestment of revenues in the scientific community, in science advocacy, and in the careers of scientists at all stages, as part of the not-for-profit society mission. "