Steve Byford

Experience

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  Institute of Physics Publishing

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1993

  Assistant Managing Editor
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  Society for Endocrinology

  Jan 1994 - Jan 2011

  Publications Director

  Overall responsibility for the publishing programme of the Society for Endocrinology and its subsidiary, BioScientifica, publishing primary research journals, a books programme and a portfolio of additional publications for the SfE and other client societies.• Conceived, proposed and championed idea of a new open access (OA) journal, convincing collaborating organizations to support it. Launched (in June 2012) as Endocrine Connections.• Managed strategic review of SfE’s three self-owned journals, resulting in a planned relaunch to ensure complementary development priorities and improved efficiency in commissioning content. • Engaged with major open access stakeholders on funding for OA publishing. Resulted in active membership of UUK/RIN Working Group. It recommended that funders clarify how they would support the payment of gold OA fees to meet their OA policies, a key result three years before the Finch report. Show less

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  University of the West of England

  Jan 2012 - Jun 2014

  Research Information Officer

  Worked with the University’s researchers across the entire academic spectrum to create compelling impact case studies for submission to the Research Excellence Framework. These demonstrated the benefits of the research in the real world beyond academia and improved the University's score in the REF. Provided advice to the University on open access policy and stimulated consideration of research information systems. Also generated accessible narratives on the University’s research for wider external audiences. Show less

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  Jisc

  Jun 2014 - now

  Digital services supporting open research, especially in UK HEIs. Managing initiatives to address the scholarly communications needs of UK universities, including positive engagement with publishers to support them.

  • Product Manager (Research Management)

    Jan 2021 - now

  • Scholarly Communications Services Manager

    Jun 2014 - Dec 2020