Richard B. Gallagher

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Richard Gallagher
NationalityScottish
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom[1]
EducationUniversity of Glasgow (B.S., PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsImmunology
Institutions
ThesisStudies on cell adhesion in relation to immune responses
Doctoral advisorAdam S. G. Curtis

Richard Barclay Gallagher is a Scottish immunologist, science editor, and academic publisher. He is the president and editor-in-chief of Annual Reviews. He graduated with a doctoral degree from the University of Glasgow and was a researcher at Trinity College Dublin before he began working in academic publishing in 1989, holding positions with Elsevier and the journals Science and Nature. In the 2000s, he was the editor of the magazine The Scientist. In 2015, he became president and editor-in-chief of Annual Reviews, where he oversaw the expansion into new journal titles, launched its first online magazine Knowable Magazine, and developed the Subscribe to Open initiative for open access publishing.

Education[edit]

Richard Barclay Gallagher received a Bachelor of Science in immunology from the University of Glasgow in 1981.[2] He earned a PhD in cell biology, also at the University of Glasgow, in 1985 under the advisorship of Adam S. G. Curtis.[1][3] While a PhD student, he joined the British Society for Immunology.[4] He was later a postdoctoral fellow at University College Dublin, where he researched sarcoidosis.[1]

Career[edit]

From 1986 to 1989, Richard Gallagher worked as the Wellcome Trust Lecturer in Immunology at Trinity College Dublin. In 1989, he left academic research and began a career in publishing,[1] becoming editor of the magazine Immunology Today, published by Elsevier, until 1992. From 1992 to 1999, he was office head and senior editor of the Europe Office of the journal Science. He was the chief biology editor at the journal Nature from 1999 to 2001, during which time he managed the publication of the papers reporting the sequencing of the human genome, and served as the publisher of Nature from 2001 to 2002.[2]

In 2002, he was hired as editor of the magazine The Scientist ; he additionally became its publisher in 2004.[5][6] During his tenure, he shifted the format from biweekly to monthly; its style changed from a "quirky tabloid" to a "stylish and engaging magazine".[7] He published monthly editorials about topics such as vaccines,[8] the longevity of punishment for scientific misconduct,[9] and whether or not intelligent design should be taught in public schools.[10] He worked at The Scientist for eight years, leaving in 2010.[11]

In 2015, he became editor-in-chief and president of Annual Reviews, succeeding Samuel Gubins.[12] While at Annual Reviews, he developed the "Subscribe to Open" initiative to remove paywalls from its review journals.[13] Several new journal titles were added to Annual Reviews since his tenure began, including in cancer biology; biomedical data science; control, robotics, and autonomous systems; criminology; and developmental psychology.[14] He also developed and launched Knowable Magazine, the first webzine published by Annual Reviews, which is written for a general audience.[15]

Works[edit]

  • Gallagher, Richard, ed. (1991). HIV and the Immune System. Elsevier Trends Journals. ISBN 978-1851665648.
  • Gallagher, Richard; Gilder, Jean; Nossal, Gustav; Salvatore, Gaetano, eds. (1995). Immunology: The Making of a Modern Science. Academic Press. ISBN 9780122740206.
  • Dennis, Carina; Gallagher, Richard B. (2001). The Human Genome. Nature/Palgrave. ISBN 9780333971437.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Allen, Elizabeth (29 September 2017). "A warm OA welcome to Richard Gallagher – Consulting Editor". ScienceOPEN.com. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Richard Gallagher". ORCID. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Studies on cell adhesion in relation to immune responses". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  4. ^ Gallagher, Richard (7 September 2003). "Taking the Pulse of Scientific Societies". The Scientist. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  5. ^ "The Scientist names Richard Gallagher Editor". The Scientist. June 2002. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Richard Gallagher". 10th World Conference of Science Journalism. 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  7. ^ Maher, Brendan (7 October 2011). "The Scientist shutters after 25 years". Nature.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  8. ^ Fitzpatrick, Michael (2004). "8.6 Moving the goalposts". MMR and Autism. What Parents Need to Know. Routledge. p. 207. ISBN 1134355912.
  9. ^ Stemwedel, Janet D. (29 June 2014). "Do permanent records of scientific misconduct findings interfere with rehabilitation?". Scientific American. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  10. ^ Smith, Tara (20 July 2006). "Gallagher gets it?". The Panda's Thumb. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  11. ^ Nisbet, Matthew W. (16 August 2010). "Richard Gallagher Steps Down as Editor of The Scientist". Big Think. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Richard Gallagher joins 'cherished resource' Annual Reviews". Research Information. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  13. ^ Brainard, Jeffrey (9 March 2020). "Publishers roll out alternative routes to open access". Science. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  14. ^ "Browse Journals". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  15. ^ Emerson, Eva; Gallagher, Richard (11 May 2018). "Putting the public in the know". Research Information. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
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