Reporter Topic: How Elsevier supports researchers in Environmental Sciences

Reporter: Dr. Lucía Muñoz Franco, Publishing Director

Time: 14:30, Sep.18, 2023

Location: Room 202, Academic Hall of State Key Laboratory

Brief Introduction of Reporter

Lucía Muñoz Franco is Publishing Director at Elsevier with responsibility for a team that manages over 150 journals in Environmental Sciences including flagship journals like Science of the Total Environment, Soil Biology and Biochemistry and Remote Sensing of Environment. Lucía’s group includes some of the largest journals (30,000+ submissions to a single journal per year!) and fastest growing journals (some large journals still see 25%+ growth in submissions per year!) as well as more than 50 newly launched Open Access journals, of which more than 10 are in partnership with Chinese institutes and societies. Lucia has been working with Elsevier since 2007 in various publishing and strategy roles and working with journals in both physical sciences and life sciences. Lucía received her doctorate in Astrophysics from the University of Chicago (USA) and worked as a researcher and a management consultant before joining Elsevier.