Event Title
Cell Press's Deborah Sweet in Conversation with Jean-Gabriel Bankier
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Date
15 April 2021
Description
Deborah Sweet of Cell Press shares insights from her experience working on one the world's top scientific journals. In this conversation with JG Bankier of Digital Commons she discusses top challenges she's faced in building publishing programs, main issues to consider when launching a publishing program, and useful tips for helping to internationalize and market a rising journal.
Recommended Citation
Sweet, Deborah and Bankier, Jean-Gabriel, "Cell Press's Deborah Sweet in Conversation with Jean-Gabriel Bankier" (2021). International Diamond Open Access Journals Conference. 1.
https://dc.researchcommons.org/diamondoa/2021/april15/1
Cell Press's Deborah Sweet in Conversation with Jean-Gabriel Bankier
Deborah Sweet of Cell Press shares insights from her experience working on one the world's top scientific journals. In this conversation with JG Bankier of Digital Commons she discusses top challenges she's faced in building publishing programs, main issues to consider when launching a publishing program, and useful tips for helping to internationalize and market a rising journal.
Speaker Details
Deborah Sweet
Dr. Sweet is the Vice President of Editorial at Cell Press. She earned her BA from the University of Cambridge, UK, and her PhD at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, also in Cambridge, then carried out postdoctoral work at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, USA. She began her publishing career in 1996 as the Editor of Trends in Cell Biology and then joined Cell Press in 1999, where she held scientific editorial positions on Cell, Molecular Cell, and Developmental Cell before becoming the Editor-in-Chief of Developmental Cell in 2004. She was the launch Editor-in-Chief for Cell Stem Cell in 2007 and held that position for 10 years. In 2011 Dr. Sweet became one of the Cell Press Publishing Directors and then in 2017 the Vice President of Editorial. In this role she is responsible for leading an in-house editorial team with over 150 members and broader strategic direction of Cell Press